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Lesen ist gefährlich! Zu gern verliert die 17-jährige Pfarrerstochter Cat Morland sich in der Welt der Bücher und träumt von aufregenden Abenteuern. Die sie im ländlichen Piddle Valley niemals finden wird! Doch dann darf sie ihre Nachbarn, die Allens, zu einem Kulturfestival nach Edinburgh begleiten. Wo sie nicht nur unerwartet in Bella Thorpe eine neue Freundin findet, sondern sich in den jungen, aufstrebenden Rechtsanwalt Henry Tilney verliebt. Als Henry und seine Schwester Eleanor sie auf den schönen, aber düsteren Familiensitz Northanger Abbey einladen, geht Cats Fantasie mit ihr durch. Was, wenn hier ein Verbrechen stattgefunden hat? Und tatsächlich wird es für sie gefährlich - wenn auch auf unerwartete Weise.
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Northanger Abbey can be read as a subtle and witty criticism of the Gothic tradition in its early stages, and more particularly of works similar to Ann Radcliff's The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Romance of the Forest. Like Emma, the novel is concerned with tracing the growth of a young woman's mind and the cultivation of her judgement. At the beginning of the story, Catherine is portrayed as an enthusiastic reader of horror tales. Accordingly, she makes her way through life with gothic expectations borrowed from her favorite romances. In the course of time, her interaction with the Tilneys and other people in Bath wakes he up of her dreamy frame of mind, and raises her awareness in regard to the difference between fiction and real life. At the same time, the novel addresses the economic side of matrimony, and investigates the role of wealth in bringing families together, or casting a life-time shadow of sadness over the lives of young people. Catherine, by way of illustration, was invited to the Abbey by General Tilney because the latter had mistaken her to be an heiress and, therefore, a suitable wife to his son. Once he had found out her prospects were not as bright as he thought them to be, however, he sent her back home hastily in a very disgraceful manner. The heroine's immature mindset at the beginning of the story calls attention to the inadequate upbringing of women at the time, and emphasizes the author's concern with women's education and lack of opportunities.