The most famous parody of the Gothic is Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey ( 1818 ) in which the naive protagonist, after reading too much Gothic fiction, conceives herself a heroine of a Radcliffian romance and imagines murder and villainy on every side, though the truth turns out to be much more prosaic.

In many respects, the novel ’ s “ current reader ” of the time was the woman who “ lay down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame ,” according to Jane Austen, author of Northanger Abbey.

This Female Gothic text by Parsons is listed as one of Catherine Morland's Gothic texts in Austen's Northanger Abbey.

: For films named Northanger Abbey, see Northanger Abbey ( 1986 film ) or Northanger Abbey ( 2007 TV drama ).

Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath.

General Tilney ( Henry and Eleanor's father ) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.

The Tilneys invite Catherine to stay with them for a few weeks at their home, Northanger Abbey.

Henry teases her about this, as it turns out that Northanger Abbey is pleasant and decidedly not Gothic.

Eleanor Tilney: Henry's sister, she plays little part in Bath, but takes on more importance in Northanger Abbey.

Jane Austen, who referred to Fanny Burney as " the first of English novelists ," in Northanger Abbey refers to her inspiring novels:

Northanger Abbey is fundamentally a parody of Gothic fiction.

:" We can guess that Susan original title of Northanger Abbey, in its first outline, was written very much for family entertainment, addressed to a family audience, like all Jane Austen ’ s juvenile works, with their asides to the reader, and absurd dedications ; some of the juvenilia, we know, were specifically addressed to her brothers Charles and Frank ; all were designed to be circulated and read by a large network of relations.

Northanger Abbey exposes the difference between reality and fantasy and questions who can be trusted as a true companion and who might actually be a shallow, false friend.

* The A & E Network and the BBC released the television adaptation Northanger Abbey in 1986.

* An adaptation of Northanger Abbey with screenplay by Andrew Davies, was shown on ITV on 25 March 2007 as part of their " Jane Austen Season ".

* " Pup Fiction " – an episode of Wishbone featuring the plot and characters of Austen's Northanger Abbey.

In 2012, it was announced that HarperCollins had hired Scottish crime writer Val McDermid to adapt Northanger Abbey for a modern audience, as a suspenseful teen thriller.

Greig's situation was similar to that of Felicity Jones who played Emma Carter in the series ; Jones, after a period studying at Wadham College, Oxford has moved into large TV parts, such as a starring role in Northanger Abbey.

Recently Lismore Castle was used as Northanger Abbey in the 2007 ITV dramatisation of that name during its Jane Austen season.

" The High Priestess ," a pseudonym used on http :// www. tilneysandtrapdoors. com / cult / smith. html, writes an essay with cited opinions that Mr. Henry Tilney, the hero of Jane Austen's < u > Northanger Abbey </ u > was possibly based on Sydney Smith.

One character, in a manner reminiscent of Austen's much earlier novel Northanger Abbey, has read so many Gothic novels that he has convinced himself " that he was formed to be a dangerous Man.

In 1986, Withers starred in the BBC adaptation of Hotel du Lac, which was followed a year later by another BBC production of Northanger Abbey.

Blaise Castle was immortalised by being described as " the finest place in England " in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey.

Though the rectory in which she wrote Pride & Prejudice, Northanger Abbey and Sense & Sensibility was pulled down around 1824, the site is still marked by an old lime tree that is believed to have been planted by her eldest brother, James, who took over the parish from his father.

It was also used as a filming location for Becoming Jane ( 2007 ) and Northanger Abbey ( 2007 ).

Jane Austen's novel is valuable for including a list of early Gothic works since known as the Northanger Horrid Novels.

* Camilla ( Burney novel ), a novel by Frances Burney ( mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey )

It is among the many Gothic works referenced in the Jane Austen novel Northanger Abbey.

Another early print reference is Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey, originally written 1798-1799.

Montague Summers also produced important studies of the Gothic fiction genre and edited two collections of Gothic horror short stories, as well as an incomplete edition of two of the seven obscure Gothic novels, known as the Northanger Horrid Novels, mentioned by Jane Austen in her Gothic parody Northanger Abbey.

Price's ideas caught fire and led to much debate in artistic and literary circles: they were parodied, for example, by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey.

Such passages were easy pickings for satirists such as Jane Austen demonstrated in Northanger Abbey as well as many of her other novels and works.

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously.

* Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

In the autumn of 1986, after watching a preview of Austen's Northanger Abbey, Sue Birtwistle and Andrew Davies agreed to adapt Pride and Prejudice, one of their favourite books, for television.

This last is included in a list of seven somewhat obscure Gothic works, known as the ' Northanger horrid novels ' as recommended by Isabella Thorpe to Catherine Morland:

( 1979 ); Lifeforce ( 1985 ); Letter to Brezhnev ( 1985 ); Northanger Abbey ( 1986 ), playing Henry Tilney ; The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ); White Angel ( 1993 ), playing mild mannered dentist Leslie Steckler ; Amistad ( 1997 ); Pearl Harbor ( 2001 ); and The Greatest Game Ever Played ( 2005 ), playing Lord Northcliffe ).

Frederick Tilney: Henry's older brother ( the presumed heir to the Northanger estate ), an officer in the army who enjoys pursuing flirtations with pretty girls who are willing to offer him some encouragement ( though without any ultimate serious intent on his part ).

When Henry returned to Northanger from Woodston, his father informed him of what had occurred and forbade him to think of Catherine again.

* Northanger Abbey from Google Books.

* Northanger Abbey free Audio-Text with Summary.