Catherine Morland
E726536
Catherine Morland is the naive yet imaginative young heroine of Jane Austen’s novel "Northanger Abbey," whose love of Gothic novels shapes her misinterpretations of the world around her.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jane Austen character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptationAppearance |
appears in film adaptations of Northanger Abbey
ⓘ
appears in television adaptations of Northanger Abbey ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Northanger Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthOrder | eldest daughter ⓘ |
| chaperone |
Mr. Allen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriend |
Eleanor Tilney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabella Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastWith | conventional Gothic heroine ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagement | becomes engaged to Henry Tilney ⓘ |
| event | visits Bath with the Allens ⓘ |
| familyBackground | clergyman’s daughter ⓘ |
| favoriteAuthors | Ann Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalResidence |
Bath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fullerton NERFINISHED ⓘ Northanger Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Northanger Abbey published posthumously in 1817 ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
novel of manners ⓘ |
| interest | Gothic novels ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | example of Austen’s parody of Gothic heroines ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Henry Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriage | marries Henry Tilney at the end of the novel ⓘ |
| maturationArc | moves from credulity to greater self-knowledge ⓘ |
| misinterpretation | suspects General Tilney of murdering his wife ⓘ |
| moralDevelopment |
learns to distinguish fiction from reality
ⓘ
learns to judge character more accurately ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies inexperienced young woman in society
ⓘ
vehicle for parody of Gothic conventions ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
guileless
ⓘ
honest ⓘ imaginative ⓘ naive ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 18th century England ⓘ |
| siblingCount | one of ten children ⓘ |
| socialClass | middle class ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
coming of age
ⓘ
education of the imagination ⓘ satire of Gothic fiction ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.