Tag: Catherine Morland

Catherine Morland is a delight!

A look at Catherine Morland from Northanger Abbey

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 29-31: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 20 Giveaway

On entering the room, the first object she beheld was a young man whom she had never seen before. With a look of much respect, he immediately rose, and being introduced to her by her conscious daughter as "Mr. Henry Tilney," with the embarrassment of real sensibility began to apologize for his appearance there, acknowledging... Continue Reading →

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Gothically Inspired: Day 19 Giveaway

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two... Continue Reading →

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 25-28: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 18 Giveaway!

The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened. Henry's address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments had done. Most grievously was she humbled. Most bitterly did she cry. It was not only with herself that she... Continue Reading →

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Catherine Morland’s Experience in Bath Part 4

if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad   Beechen Cliff, the Arts, and Natural Surroundings  at Jane Austen's World  Take a walk through the countryside of Bath with Ms. Place (Vic) as she continues to explore heroine Catherine Morland's experience in Bath with her excellent... Continue Reading →

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Guest Bloggers Trina Robbins & Anne Timmons Chat about Gothic Classics: Day 17 Giveaway!

Think of Northanger Abbey in a graphic novel format with all of its energy and Gothic allusions visually popping right off the page, and you will have a good notion of what author Trina Robbins and illustrator Anne Timmons have created in their frightfully enchanting version of Northanger Abbey included in Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume... Continue Reading →

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The Sunday Salon: Preview of Oxford World’s Classics: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe: Day 16 Giveaway

Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Reflection brought only regret, and anticipation terror. How often did she wish to "steal the lark's wing, and mount the swiftest gale," that Languedoc and repose might... Continue Reading →

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 22-24: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 15 Giveaway

It was a narrow winding path through a thick grove of old Scotch firs; and Catherine, struck by its gloomy aspect, and eager to enter it, could not, even by the general's disapprobation, be kept from stepping forward. He perceived her inclination, and having again urged the plea of health in vain, was too polite... Continue Reading →

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Oxford World’s Classics: Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen – A Review

From the desk of Ellen Moody: Catherine, at any rate, heard enough to feel that in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty" The Narrator, Chapter 30  Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is the novel that almost wasn't. We know from... Continue Reading →

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 18-21: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 13 Giveaway

"Psha! My dear creature," she replied, "do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow. It would be hideous to be always together; we should be the jest of the place. And so you are going to Northanger! I am amazingly glad of it. It is... Continue Reading →

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Catherine Morland’s Experience in Bath Part 3

  if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad   Lower Assembly Rooms and Bath Society at Jane Austen's World  Discover the Lower Rooms in Bath where Catherine Morland the heroine of Northanger Abbey is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies James King to "a very... Continue Reading →

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Guest Blogger James Jenkins of Valancourt Books Chats About Horrid Novels: Day 12 Giveaway

Please join us today as James Jenkins, Gothic fiction authority and publisher of Valancourt Books chats with us today about the Gothic novels that influenced Jane Austen to write her novel Northanger Abbey, and the seven "horrid novels" recommended by her character Isabella Thorpe to our young heroine in the making Catherine Morland.  " ‘Valancourt?... Continue Reading →

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