Northanger Abbey

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Themes

All Themes Novels and the Heroine Sincerity and Hypocrisy Wealth and Respectability Experience and Innocence Loyalty and Love

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Characters

All Characters Catherine Morland Narrator Isabella Thorpe John Thorpe James Morland Henry Tilney (Mr. Tilney) General Tilney Eleanor Tilney (Miss Tilney) Mrs. Allen Mrs. Thorpe Mrs. Morland Mr. Morland

Symbols

All Symbols Old Buildings / Northanger Abbey Clothing

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Themes

All Themes
Novels and the Heroine
Sincerity and Hypocrisy
Wealth and Respectability
Experience and Innocence
Loyalty and Love

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Catherine Morland
Narrator
Isabella Thorpe
John Thorpe
James Morland
Henry Tilney (Mr. Tilney)
General Tilney
Eleanor Tilney (Miss Tilney)
Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Thorpe
Mrs. Morland
Mr. Morland

Symbols

All Symbols
Old Buildings / Northanger Abbey
Clothing

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Levine, Yael. "Northanger Abbey." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 2 May 2017. Web. 22 Nov 2019.

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Levine, Yael. "Northanger Abbey." LitCharts LLC, May 2, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/northanger-abbey.

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