Quotes from Northanger Abbey

Quotes from Northanger Abbey

1. No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine

2. Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.

3. But Catherine did not know her own advantages -did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fai

   • her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at deventeen usually is

4. The wind roared down the chimney, the rain beat in torrents against the windows, and everything seemed to speak the awfulness of her situation.

5. The storm still raged, and various were the noises, more terrific even than the wind, which struck at intervals on her startled ear.

6. Hollow murmurs seemed to creep along the gallery, and more than once her blood was chilled by the sound of distant moans.

7. Poor Catherine was so delighted with finding a friend to sympathise with her about Udolpho that she did not observe how vapid, vulgar and

   • self seeking her new friend was

8. but while I have Udolpho to read, I feel as if nobody could make me miserable

9. something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way