Catherine Morland

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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.

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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

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John Thorpe acquaintance Catherine Morland
Northanger Abbey mainCharacter Catherine Morland