Henry Tilney

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Henry Tilney is the witty, good-natured clergyman and romantic hero who gently satirizes Gothic conventions in Jane Austen’s novel "Northanger Abbey."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Clergyman
Fictional character
Male character
appearsIn Northanger Abbey NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Northanger Abbey NERFINISHED
Woodston NERFINISHED
characterTrait Good-natured
Honorable
Intelligent
Kind
Observant
Playful
Witty
createdBy Jane Austen NERFINISHED
creatorWorkPublicationStatus Published posthumously
familyName Tilney NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Northanger Abbey NERFINISHED
genreContext Gothic fiction satire
hasDialogueStyle Ironic
Playfully didactic
includedIn Jane Austen’s major novels corpus
language English
literaryMovementContext Regency literature
loveInterest Catherine Morland NERFINISHED
maritalStatus Marries Catherine Morland
medium Prose fiction
moralAlignment Virtuous
nationality English
notableFor Ironical commentary on novels and reading
Knowledge of muslin and women’s fashions
Satirizing Gothic conventions
Teasing but affectionate manner toward Catherine Morland
occupation Clergyman
parent General Tilney NERFINISHED
Mrs. Tilney NERFINISHED
relationshipToCatherineMorland Husband
relationshipToEleanorTilney Brother
relationshipToGeneralTilney Son
religion Anglicanism
residence Parsonage at Woodston NERFINISHED
roleInWork Romantic hero
sibling Eleanor Tilney NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfFiction Late 18th century England
workOfFictionGenre Gothic parody
Novel of manners

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John Thorpe acquaintance Henry Tilney
Northanger Abbey mainCharacter Henry Tilney
JJ Feild portrayed Henry Tilney