First Published: 1817
SPOILERS!!!
The heroine in this novel is Catherine Morland, who at the beginning of this novel is invited to go to Bath with Mr and Mrs Allen. In Bath she meets Isabella Thorpe and they become good friends, and Isabella tells her that her brotehr and Catherine's are good friends. At a dance Catherine gets acquainted with Henry Tilney, who she finds a good match. Yet, after that first meeting, Catherine does not see him again for days, and it is only Isabella who she tells about her taking a shining to Tilney.
Then Catherine's brother, James, and Isabella's, John Thorpe, turn up in Bath, and from the first John proves to be a braggart and a bully. Then Henry Tilney reappears with his sister, and Catherine is eager to become acquainted with them. However, Catherine finds her attempts to befriend the Tilneys sabotaged when John Thorpe intrudes and even tells lies about the Tilneys going somewhere else when they were supposed to meet Catherine. I find John unbearable, and Catherine is too good-mannered to express her own feelings. Isabella also becomes a pain when she sides with her brother.
Isabella and James become engaged, and he goes to ask permission from his parents, which worries Isabella. The woman does not have money, and she fears that she won't be considered a good choice. When James writes, confirming that his parents approve, Isabella, however, is disappointed because what James agreed on is that he will get married when he manages to secure a post in a couple of years.
The Tilneys appear with their older brother, Captain Tilney, and it seems that Isabella is not indifferent to the man. When Eleanor Tilney announces that they are leaving Bath, Catherine is disappointed, but then Eleanor asks Catherine to travel and stay with them at their home, Northanger Abbey, and Catherine agrees.
I find the book humourous and sweet. This is my first time, and I am enjoying it.
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