A 17-year-old sheltered young lady invited to Bath by the Allens. She escapes reality through Gothic novels, befriends Isabella Thorpe, falls in love with Henry Tilney, is invited to Northanger Abbey, abruptly dismissed by General Tilney when he learns she is not an heiress, and is happily proposed to by Henry upon returning home.
John aggressively courts Catherine, who remains uninterested and annoyed by his advances.
Relationship sours dramatically when the General discovers Catherine's modest background and expels her.
Central romantic pair whose courtship drives the narrative to a happy conclusion.
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