Northanger Abbey (estate)
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Northanger Abbey (estate) is the fictional Gothic-style country house in Jane Austen’s novel "Northanger Abbey," around which much of the story’s satire of Gothic conventions revolves.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northanger Abbey (house) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic-style house
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fictional country house ⓘ fictional location ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | film and television adaptations of Northanger Abbey ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic Revival (as perceived by characters) ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Catherine Morland
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Eleanor Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ General Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralToPlotOf | Northanger Abbey (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedToWithinWork | Udolpho (from The Mysteries of Udolpho) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFictionalSetting | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earlierCompositionDateOfWorkItAppearsIn | circa 1798–1799 ⓘ |
| fictionalWorkAppearsIn | Northanger Abbey (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWorkItAppearsIn | 1817 ⓘ |
| genreAssociation | Gothic fiction (parodied) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Catherine Morland’s bedchamber
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Eleanor Tilney’s room ⓘ General Tilney’s private rooms ⓘ abbey building ⓘ country estate grounds ⓘ domestic apartments ⓘ former monastic structures (implied) ⓘ |
| inspiredByGenre | Ann Radcliffe–style Gothic castles and abbeys ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkItAppearsIn | English ⓘ |
| literaryDeviceRole | parodic Gothic setting ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Regency era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | Gloucestershire (implied setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
location of key interactions between Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney
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setting for satire of Gothic novel conventions ⓘ site of Catherine Morland’s imaginative fantasies ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
General Tilney
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Tilney family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownershipTheme | symbol of General Tilney’s wealth and control ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| thematicAssociation |
critique of Gothic excess
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female reading and interpretation ⓘ imagination versus reality ⓘ |
| visitedByCharacter |
Catherine Morland
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Eleanor Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ General Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Tilney NERFINISHED ⓘ James Morland (indirectly mentioned as visitor to Tilneys’ circle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Northanger Abbey (house)