Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response To Heroine
Beginning of paper
Catherine Morland, with all her enthusiasm and her
mistakes, her modest tenderness and right feeling, is a
most captivating picture of a very young girl.
How Does Jane Austen Direct Her Readers' Response To Her Heroine Throughout Northanger Abbey?
Written by James Durrant
Marilyn Butler, in her int ....
Middle of paper
.... while maintaining a certain detachment which allows us to recognise Catherine's foibles and touching innocence.
Many of the mistakes that Margaret Oliphant talks about in her description of Catherine in the title above come from Catherine's extreme innocence. Jane Austen's heroine arrives in Bath as a young debutante and, entirely inexperienced in the ways of the world, is immediately impressed by the more sophisticated Isabella. After their first meeting this is clear as she watches ....
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