Northanger Abbey (estate)

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Northanger Abbey (estate) is the fictional Gothic-style country house in Jane Austen’s novel "Northanger Abbey," around which much of the story’s satire of Gothic conventions revolves.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic-style house
fictional country house
fictional location
adaptedIn film and television adaptations of Northanger Abbey
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival (as perceived by characters)
associatedWithCharacter Catherine Morland
Eleanor Tilney
Frederick Tilney
General Tilney
Henry Tilney
centralToPlotOf Northanger Abbey (novel)
linked to: Northanger Abbey
comparedToWithinWork Udolpho (from The Mysteries of Udolpho)
countryInFictionalSetting England
creator Jane Austen
earlierCompositionDateOfWorkItAppearsIn circa 1798–1799
fictionalWorkAppearsIn Northanger Abbey (novel)
linked to: Northanger Abbey
firstPublicationDateOfWorkItAppearsIn 1817
genreAssociation Gothic fiction (parodied)
hasPart Catherine Morland’s bedchamber
Eleanor Tilney’s room
General Tilney’s private rooms
abbey building
country estate grounds
domestic apartments
former monastic structures (implied)
inspiredByGenre Ann Radcliffe–style Gothic castles and abbeys
languageOfWorkItAppearsIn English
literaryDeviceRole parodic Gothic setting
literaryPeriod Regency era
locatedInFictionalRegion Gloucestershire (implied setting)
linked to: Gloucestershire
mediumOfOrigin novel
narrativeFunction location of key interactions between Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney
setting for satire of Gothic novel conventions
site of Catherine Morland’s imaginative fantasies
ownedBy General Tilney
Tilney family
ownershipTheme symbol of General Tilney’s wealth and control
setInTimePeriod late 18th century
thematicAssociation critique of Gothic excess
female reading and interpretation
imagination versus reality
visitedByCharacter Catherine Morland
Eleanor Tilney
Frederick Tilney
General Tilney
Henry Tilney
James Morland (indirectly mentioned as visitor to Tilneys’ circle)
linked to: James Morland

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northanger Abbey setting Northanger Abbey (estate)
Northanger Abbey hasTitleCharacter Northanger Abbey (house)
linked to: Northanger Abbey (estate)
Sue Birtwistle notableWork Northanger Abbey (2007 TV film)
linked to: Northanger Abbey (estate)
Sue Birtwistle producerOf Northanger Abbey (2007 TV film)
linked to: Northanger Abbey (estate)
General Tilney plotAction invites Catherine Morland to Northanger Abbey
linked to: Northanger Abbey (estate)