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Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age story considered to be a Gothic parody, and the first novel that Jane Austen completed for publication. Summary of the Book Catherine Morland encounters the dashing Henry Tilney while she spends a few weeks in Bath. She falls in love with him, and when he invites her to his family estate, she accepts. However, Northanger Abbey appears haunted, especially to a great lover of Gothic thrillers such as Catherine. What secrets does the estate hold, and how is everything linked to the death of Henry’s mother? This dark comedy is a serious and unsentimental commentary on the ideas of marriage and death. About Jane Austen Jane Austen was an English novelist, best remembered for her works of romance literature. She has also written: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility.