Northanger Abbey

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By Jane Austen

Characters (16)

Catherine Morland — The protagonist; an imaginative, naive young woman.
Richard Morland — Catherine's father; a clergyman in Fullerton.
Mrs. Morland — Catherine's sensible mother.
James Morland — Catherine's older brother; an Oxford student.
Mr. Allen — Wealthy neighbor of the Morlands who invites Catherine to Bath.
Mrs. Allen — Mr. Allen's wife; acts as Catherine's chaperone in Bath, obsessed with fashion.
Henry Tilney — A witty, educated clergyman whom Catherine meets in Bath.
General Tilney — Henry's strict, wealthy, and materialistic father.
Eleanor Tilney — Henry's sister, who becomes a good friend to Catherine.
Captain Frederick Tilney — Henry's older brother; a flirtatious army officer.
Isabella Thorpe — Catherine's manipulative, flirtatious friend in Bath.
John Thorpe — Isabella's boastful brother and James Morland's friend.
Mrs. Thorpe — Isabella and John's mother; old school friend of Mrs. Allen.
Edward Thorpe — A younger brother of the Thorpes.
William Thorpe — A younger brother of the Thorpes.
Sally Morland — Catherine's younger sister.

Places (11)

Fullerton — The Morlands' home village in Wiltshire.
Bath — The fashionable spa town where Catherine spends the first part of the novel.
Northanger Abbey — The Tilney family estate in Gloucestershire.
Woodston — The parsonage and home of Henry Tilney.
Blaize Castle — An estate near Bristol that John Thorpe proposes they visit.
Pulteney Street — The street in Bath where the Allens and Catherine lodge.
London
Oxford — Where James Morland and John Thorpe are at university.
Bristol
Wiltshire
Gloucestershire