John Thorpe is the selfish and boastful older brother of Isabella Thorpe who, in part because he believes her family to be wealthier than it is, wishes to marry Catherine Morland. Basic Information: Age: He is described as being young,…
Northerner Abbey heroine Catherine Morland meets Isabella Thorpe in Bath. The two young women become friends through their shared love of horrid novels. Basic Information: Age: At least 21, she is described as being at least four years older than the…
General Tilney is the villain of Northanger Abbey and the father of the hero, Henry Tilney. Basic Information: Given Name: Unknown, but possibly Frederick due to Jane Austen's common naming conventions with regards to oldest sons. Age: Old enough to…
Henry Tilney is the hero of Northanger Abbey. He is intelligent, well-read and generally perceptive. Basic Information: Age: 26, at the end of the novel. As he is a clergyman at the beginning of the novel he would be at…
Catherine Morland is Jane Austen's youngest protagonist. She is largely inexperienced, imaginative, and naive but overall a good person. Basic Information: Age: 17/18 for the main portion of the story, though the first chapter does summarize her childhood. Primary Residence: Catherine lives…
There aren't many details on the educations of Jane Austen's male characters, but we do know that they are (generally) educated. Using what we know about a couple of character's educations, Jane Austen's family, and fleshing things out with some…
Education, particularly the education of girls, gets referenced quite a bit in Jane Austen's novels. We are generally given an idea of how the heroine was educated as well as various other characters, when that information can tell us something…
Fitzwilliam Darcy's wealth is a topic of interest throughout Pride and Prejudice. It is originally reported at his first Meryton Assembly that Darcy has an income of £10,000 a year. Ten thousand pounds would have been a very impressive annual…
I sadly abandoned this blog some time ago but have recently made the decision to see if I can bring it back.To start with I am going to share a blog post that I wrote for my law firm's blog:Org…
It is safe to say that Caroline Bingley is one of the most hated of Austen's characters. While she certainly has other, more serious, faults, much of the hatred seems to come from general disapproval of her continued pursuit of…
