Tilney ( Liam Cunningham), encourages the romance because he thinks Catherine will receive a large fortune from the Allens. Catherine meets the Thorpe siblings, Isabella ( Carey Mulligan), who is already smitten by Catherine's older brother, and John ( William Beck), who quickly develops a crush on Catherine.įor her part, however, Catherine is already half in love with brooding Henry Tilney (JJ Feild), whose overbearing father, Gen. The daughter of a country clergyman, she is dispatched to provide company for wealthy family friends the Allens ( Desmond Barrit and Sylvestra Le Touzel) during the social season in Bath. Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) is a young woman with a vivid imagination and a young girl's fondness for Gothic romances. And, of course, there is the theme of money versus sincerity, character and true love.īut 'Northanger' also has its own charms, slight though they may be in comparison with Austen's later masterpieces. There is, of course, a young, somewhat plain heroine who is pursued by a perfectly pleasant but bland chap, while her heart flutters for a more aloof man. 'Northanger' is interesting in part because, in addition to being an amusing send-up of Gothic romance novels, it is a sketchbook for the plots and characters that would come to full bloom in Austen's later novels.

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