Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775-1817) was published after the author's death in (1818). The main character is Catherine Morland, a young heroine 17 year old who loves to read gothic novels. Whilst staying in Bath, she meets John Thorpe and Henry Tilney and is one day invited by Henry's father to his estate, Northanger Abbey. Catherine's love of gothic novels makes her unrealistic towards the...