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Reader reviewed by gabby

Catherine Morland, the "heroine" of the story, shows the lively, polite, feminine, but constraining side to the time Jane Austen loved writing about. Catherine travels with her family's friends, Mr. and Mrs.Allen to six weeks at Bath, a rather exciting place for her. Being brfriended by the Thorpes, Isabella and her brother John, Catherine is torn between them and her new friends, the Tilneys. But after some unsettling actions that come between Isabella and Catherine's brother James, Catherine accepts the Tiney's offer to stay at their residence, Northanger Abbey. Fed on her imagination and dreams, Catherine quickly snatches up and abandons evidence and reason that is shocking and frightening. Jane Austen gave this funny romance twists and turns, quirky characters and mistaken rumors. I enjoyed this story immensely, and would reccomend it to anyone.