In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, espeically when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.

"At the age of four and twenty, Henry is content with his life as a clergyman, leaving his older brother Frederick to inherit Northanger Abbey. But General Tilney is determined to increase the family's means by having all three of his children marry wealthy partners. During a trip to Bath, Henry meets the delightful, innocent Miss Catherine Morland and starts to believe he may have found the woman he's been looking for, even if she is not in possession of a great fortune. And when the General takes an unusual liking to Catherine and invites her to visit the Abbey, Henry is thrilled at the opportunity to grow closer. But just as in the gothic novels Henry loves, not everything is as it seems..."--P. [4] of cover.

In this modern retelling of Austen's classic, bookish minister's daughter Cat Morland joins her well-to-do friends in Edinburgh and falls for an up-and-coming lawyer who may harbor unsettling secrets.

Catherine Morland's safe and comfortable life provides her with little excitement, so she lives for much of her time in a fantasy world of romance and mystery based on the Gothic novels of her time, the early 1800s. A trip to Bath introduces her to real romance but a subsequent stay at Northanger Abbey--which looks like the perfect setting for a novel by Mrs. Anne Radcliffe--leads Catherine into a series of embarrassing misjudgments. Abashed, Catherine bids farewell to her beloved Gothic world, only to be dealt a cruel blow in the real one. But true love is at hand and all ends happily.

After her paranormal-loving father dies, Hattie Tilney stops believing in ghosts until she works with new student Kit Morland on an investigation project and finds herself wanting to believe in something.

In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.

Romance novel addict Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society. She meets the social-climbing Isabella and John Thorpe. She also meets the handsome Henry Tilney and his elegant sister, Eleanor. After making an impression on Henry and Eleanor's father, the Tilneys invite her to their country mansion, Northanger Abbey. Catherine falls in love with Henry but soon realizes that love can be fickle and that money is a more important consideration in the marriage business than love alone.

A definitive compilation of the author's seven great novels offers a vivid portrait of English middle-class life, its mores, institutions, and society around the turn of the nineteenth century.