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One of Mrs. Thorpe's three daughters, and the sister of John Thorpe. She is Catherine's best friend for the first half of the novel. Isabella is attractive and very spirited, but like her mother, she is a gossip and often concerned with superficial things.
Both Austen and Catherine portray Catherine's life in heroic terms—Austen humorously, and Catherine seriously, especially when she suspects General Tilney of murdering his wife.
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It starred Lola Herrera as Catalina (Catherine) Morland, Alicia Hermida as Isabela Thorpe, and Pepe Martín as Henry Tilney. The A&E Network and the BBC released the television adaptation Northanger Abbey in 1987.
- Jane Austen
- United Kingdom
- 1817
- 1818 (published on December 20, 1817, although the title page is dated 1818)
Catherine Morland is the heroine of Jane Austen's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey. A modest, kind-hearted ingénue, she is led by her reading of Gothic literature to misinterpret much of the social world she encounters.
- Richard Morland, Mrs Morland
- Northanger Abbey/Woodston Parsonage
- Female
- James Morland (brother), Sarah "Sally" Morland (sister), George Morland (brother), Harriet Morland (sister), 2 elder brothers, 3 younger siblings
In Jane Austen’s gentle parody of gothic fiction, Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") plays romance addict, Catherine Morland. Invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her ...
Tilney, with his teasing yet kind-hearted mentorship of Catherine, has been considered the nicest of Austen's heroes. [1] At the same time, with his knowledge of muslin and of Gothic novels, he is the least masculine of them. [2]
Mr. Morland and Mrs. Morland are shocked to be asked for Catherine ’s hand in marriage, since it had never occurred to them that she was in love with Mr. Tilney. They can see that he has pleasing manners and good sense, and they happily give their consent for Catherine’s marriage, as soon as the General should give his.
