History Literature / NorthangerAbbey

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Catherine's firm belief at the opening of the novel.

* ThreeAmigos: Catherine and Elinor and Henry Tilney.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Elinor's lover -- brought up in the end.

->No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine.

->I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.

The definitive Gothic parody, ''Northanger Abbey'' was JaneAusten's first completed novel, which she wrote as "Susan". However, circumstances prevented the novel from being published until ''after her death'' in 1817.

!!This work features examples of:

* SacredHospitality: Played straight by Henry and Eleanor. Brutally subverted by General Tilney.

* UnfortunateImplications : In the 2007 telefilm, one meets a mild version.
-->'''Jane Austen''' ''(narrating and making a description about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl gets a proposal by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney , to take place ''the same year''). ''
** However it is later precised that they find happiness in their marriage at the respective ages of 18 and 26, which means still that they were probably, at the time of the meeting, 15/16 and 23/24 years old.

* LesYay:
** Isabella's undisguised jealousy of Catherine's budding friendship with Eleanor Tilney can easily be interpreted this way now.
** Isabella's friendship with Catherine from the ''very beginning'' had overtones of this, particularly when Austen mentions how they always "joined arms" when they were together...

* RelativeError: Averted and lampshadedin the novel. When Catherine sees Henry with an attractive young woman, she immediately (and correctly) assumes it's his sister, because he already mentioned having a sister. The narrator points out that she missed a great opportunity for a dramatic fainting fit there. It is played straight in the 2007 miniseries, in which she mistakes Eleanor for Henry's fiance, which makes their laughing while Henry looks at her while wispering in Eleanor's ear seemingly more crual.

** Subverted in editions that include the unfinished novels, the end of Northanger Abbey occures when only halfway through the book.

The fourth of ten children, and eldest daughter, 17-year-old Catherine Morland is a {{Tomboy}} grown into a major GothicNovel fan girl. She's become so involved in reading that she fancies herself as the heroine of such a work as ''{{The Mysteries of Udolpho}}''. One day, she is invited to come along with the childless Allens for a trip to the spring resort of Bath. There, she meets two families, the Thorpes and the Tilneys. The Thorpes' eldest son, the egocentric twit John, tries to woo her. However, Catherine fancies the Tilneys' second son, the gentleman Henry. Henry's father, General Tilney, invites Catherine over to the Tilneys' estate, the eponymous Northanger Abbey. There, Catherine's expectations of the world clash with bitter reality.

-->'''Jane austen''' ''(narrating and making a description about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl gets a proposal by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney , to take place ''the same year''). ''

** However it is later precised that they find happiness in their marriage at the respective ages of 18 and 26, which means still that they were probably, at the time of the meeting, 15/16 and 23/24 year old.

-->'''Jane austen''' ''(narrating and making a description about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl gets a proposal by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney , to take place ''the same year''). ''
However it is later precised that they find happiness in their marriage at the respective ages of 18 and 26, which means still that they were probably, at the time of the meeting, 15/16 and 23/24 year old.

-->'''Narrator''' ''(about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl gets a proposal by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney , to take place ''the same year''). ''

-->'''Narrator''' ''(about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl is asked to marry him by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney to take place ''the same year''). ''

-->'''Narrator''' ''(about Catherine)'' : By the age of ''fifteen'', appearances had mended, and Catherine was in training to be an heroine ''(the story continues and it is implied, when the girl is asked to marry him by 20-something year-old Mr Tilney to take place the same year. ''

* IGaveMyWord: Spoofed; Henry proposes marriage to Catherine and ''then'' tells her his father forbade it. She's glad, saying that if she learned first of the objection, she would have been honor bound to turn Henry down. But now that she accepted him, she's bound to keep her promise. In the 2007 movie version, this is inverted, as Catherine must, to be romantic in current context, accept to marry Henry even if he becomes poor. So, he tells her first that he broke with his father because he opposed the idea of the marriage and that he'll probably be dishinertited (this is total [[PragmaticAdaptation modern romantism taking over the rule of the work's universe]] and [[DidnotDoResearch lack of research]], as this never happens in the book, wouldn't have been possible as Henry is a second son and wouldn't have inherited, and finally doesn't even happen in the movie either), and then asks her. he ignores his father's opposition and accepts [[TearsofJoy gladly]].

* IGaveMyWord: Spoofed; Henry proposes marriage to Catherine and ''then'' tells her his father forbade it. She's glad, saying that if she learned first of the objection, she would have been honor bound to turn Henry down. But now that she accepted him, she's bound to keep her promise. In the 2007 movie version, this is inverted, as Catherine must, to be romantic in current context, accept to marry Henry even if he becomes poor. So, he tells her first that he broke with his father because he opposed the idea of the marriage and that he'll probably be dishinertited (this is total [[PragmaticAdaptation modern romantism taking over the rule of the work's universe]] and [[DidnotDoResearch lack of research]], as this never happens in the book, wouldn't have been possible as Henry is a second son and wouldn't have inherited, and doesn't happen in the movie either), and then asks her. he ignores his father's opposition and accepts [[TearsofJoy gladly]].

* IGaveMyWord: Spoofed; Henry proposes marriage to Catherine and ''then'' tells her his father forbade it. She's glad, saying that if she learned first of the objection, she would have been honor bound to turn Henry down. But now that she accepted him, she's bound to keep her promise.

* {{Diary}}: Whether Catherine actually keeps one is never mentioned, but Henry jokingly assumes that all young women do, and goes on to speculate that that's why they're (supposedly) so good at letter-writing. Played straight in the 2007 movie, in which is she revealed, two seconds after this conversation, to be writing about the events.

* {{Diary}}: Whether Catherine actually keeps one is never mentioned, but Henry jokingly assumes that all young women do, and goes on to speculate that that's why they're (supposedly) so good at letter-writing. Played straight in the movie, in which is she revealed, two seconds after this conversation, to be writing about the events.

* {{Diary}}: Whether Catherine actually keeps one is never mentioned, but Henry jokingly assumes that all young women do, and goes on to speculate that that's why they're (supposedly) so good at letter-writing.

* RelativeError: Averted and lampshaded. When Catherine sees Henry with an attractive young woman, she immediately (and correctly) assumes it's his sister, because he already mentioned having a sister. The narrator points out that she missed a great opportunity for a dramatic fainting fit there.

* CastleOfAdventure: Catherine expects the abbey to be this and is rather disappointed when it turns out to be just an elegant building with every modern comfort.

* BreakTheCutie: Catherine gets this treatment when she is pretty much thrown out of Northanger Abbey.