Henry appears and proposes, however, and the story ends happily.'Yes, I know exactly what you will say: Friday, went to the Lower Once back at home, Catherine is unhappy, missing Henry and disillusioned about her precious Gothic novels. When the General realizes that Catherine is not rich, however, he sends her packing. Catherine is at first welcomed by General Tilney (Henry's father), who has been bragged to by John Thorpe that Catherine (whom John thinks is in love with him) is an heiress. Eleanor invites Catherine to stay with her at the Tilneys' home, Northanger Abbey.Ĭatherine accepts the invitation with pleasure, although she imagines that the Abbey will be rather like one of the gloomy castles in her books. Isabella, having learned that James (to whom she is now engaged) is poor, begins to flirt with Frederick and ultimately ends her engagement with James.

She befriends Henry's sister, Eleanor, and goes on many outings with the two of them, after their brother Frederick Tilney comes to Bath. Likewise, John (Isabella's brother and James's friend) pursues Catherine, who does not like John nearly as much as John likes himself.Ĭatherine is falling in love with a quirky 26-year-old clergyman, Henry Tilney, whom she met at a dance. James (Catherine's brother) falls in love with Isabella, who is a hardened flirt. The girls have bonded over their love of similar novels when their brothers arrive. Allen introduces Catherine to the Thorpe family, including an older girl, Isabella, who befriends Catherine. Catherine (called 'Cathy' by her many younger siblings) is a 17-year-old young lady who has been quite sheltered all her life, escaping only by reading Gothic novels, and so is delighted to go to Bath. Northanger Abbey is the story of a young woman, Catherine Morland, who is invited to Bath, Somerset, with family friends, the Allens they hope that the waters at Bath will help Mr. The film is set in the late 18th century, when Jane Austen wrote the novel although it was published after her death in 1817. It is part of the Screen Two anthology series. Northanger Abbey is a 1987 made-for-television film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey, and was originally broadcast on the A&E Network and the BBC on 15 February 1987.

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