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Without even the chance to say farewell to Henry, who is staying at his nearby rectory, Catherine miserably makes her way home, where her unimaginative mother supposes she is pining for the luxuries of the Abbey when in reality she is pining for Henry. Within two days, however, Henry turns up and, in defiance of his father, asks her to marry him.
Analysis. 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.
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CHAPTER 2 In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments, when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath, it may be stated, for the reader's more certain information, lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be, that her heart was ...
The true journey of the novel is Catherine's coming of age. A summary of Volume II, Chapters XIII, XIV, XV & XVI in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Northanger Abbey and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Catherine Morland. Northanger Abbey was the first novel Jane Austen wrote. It is also the novel most closely related to the novels that influenced her reading, and parodies some of those novels, particularly Anne Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho. In creating Catherine, the heroine of Northanger Abbey, Austen creates the heroine ...
Catherine Morland Timeline and Summary. More. Catherine is born and grows up in Fullerton with her parents and her nine siblings. She goes to Bath with her neighbors, the Allens. Catherine attends her first ball in Bath and meets the witty and handsome Henry Tilney. After a few days in Bath, Catherine meets the Thorpes and learns that her older ...
Eleanor Tilney: She is the younger sister of Frederick and Henry Tilney, and the daughter of General Tilney. Making her visit to the city of Bath at a later time, her friendship with Catherine Morland begins midway through the novel; she is sweet, kind, and humble like her brother Henry, and proves herself to be a much more loyal friend to ...
