Northanger Abbey is Jane Austennn`s amusing and bitingly satirical pastiche of the "Gothic" romances popular in her day.Catherine Morland,an unremarkable tomboy as a child is thrown amongst all the "difficulties and dangers " of Bath at the ripe age of seventeen.Armed with an unwordly charm and a vivid imagination,she must overcome the caprices of elegant society,encountering along the way such characters as the vacuous Mrs.Allen,coquettish Isabella and the brash bully John Thorpe.However,with the aid og the "unromantic" hero Henry Tilney,Catherine gradually progresses towards maturity and self-knowledge.