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Theodore ASD Miss. Sunday 2011.5.21. The summary of Northanger Abbey The author of this book successfully explains her satire to Gothic novel, and describes the sham or caprice of people, the real process of love, and a point that in England, the level of society for somebody is related to his/her own land and decide his/her fate. The Gothic novel is kind of novel emphasizing grotesque, mysterious, and desolate. Maybe in that period, many English girls read this kind novel who had influenced deeply by Gothic novel. Author observably thought the type of this novel had brought a worse and worse effect to English reader, so besides the satire in her novel, she also use the same plot as Gothic novel. As a important part of a successful novel, the characters in Austen’s novel always have their outstanding characteristics. In the Northanger Abbey, the total back ground of English society is that the position of different people decided by their treasure and land. This discovery also links another theme that person’s caprice and sham, which are explained sharply through the brother and sister of Thorpes. Besides above, this delicate novel also expresses the real experience of love. Miss Thorpe and Mr morland’s love is too smooth and plain without any setback, and this love is sham which can’t endure the test of lure. The comparation between their love and Catherine with Tilney is obvious. The strategy of demonstrating the fool and unrealistic of Gothic novel is on the line of Catherine’s life. Her experience was written by the way of Gothic novel and her experience was also fool because her Gothic thought and behavior. In the Northanger, Catherine’s curious and strange thought inspire Tilney’s anger, a series of accident made Catherine on upset state and in the end she decided to break this kind of book up, becoming a normal person. The bad influence and fool joke of Gothic book was uncovered fully. Our heroine was not some people who was full of tales of marvels. She got