Although Jim Thorpe attempts to woo the protagonist of this novel, who enjoys reading Gothic novels, her real love interest is Henry Tilney.
One character in this novel notes that she hates studying history, because "The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome," while that same character later notes that she cannot speak so well as to be unintelligible. The protagonist of this novel is forced to endure a public stagecoach journey on her own after she gets kicked out of the house in which she's staying, and she's frightened off by a man who enjoys hunting with dogs and saying "damn" a lot. Isabella at one point announces her intent to marry the protagonist's borther James. Although Jim Thorpe attempts to woo the protagonist of this novel, who enjoys reading Gothic novels, her real love interest is Henry Tilney. For 10 points, identify this first of Jane Austen's novels to be published, written about the struggles of Catherine Morland for General Tilney's titular estate.
One character in this novel notes that she hates studying history, because "The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome," while that same character later notes that she cannot speak so well as to be unintelligible.
{Northanger Abbey}