

She does not understand the difference between reality and fiction. Isabella introduces Catherine to the fun of reading gothic novels. She does not yet know all the evil intentions of her new friend. Then she meets a flirtatious girl named Isabella. She falls in love with him, but the next day, he has disappeared. Then she meets an exciting gentleman, Mr. At first, she is disappointed, because she does not have anyone to dance with at the ball.

Innocent and inexperienced, Catherine Morland is a plump country girl with no friends in the city. Even though Northanger Abbey the first of Austen's novels completed in full, it was published after Austen's death in 1817 with Persuasion.Ī seventeen-year-old girl, Catherine Morland, travels with her rich relatives, Mr. It is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels. Northanger Abbey was the first completed novel written by Jane Austen.
