Part one of term paper
Catherine Morland, with all her enthusiasm and her mistakes, her modest tenderness and right feeling, is a most captivating picture of a very young girl. How Does Jane Austen Direct Her Readers' Response To Her Heroine Throughout Northanger Abbey? Written by James Durrant Marilyn Butler, in her introduction to the novel, suggests that; "North ...

Part two of term paper
... of her reading habits. We see Jane Austen's 'anti-heroine' grow up , fall in love, and, through various strong betrayals of her unquestioning trust, learn to view human nature from a more realistic point of view. Throughout this maturing process Jane Austen's reader is invited to feel every emotion with Catherine, while maintaining a certain detachment which allows us to recognise Catherine's foibles and touching innocence. Many of the mistakes that Margaret Oliphant talks about in her descripti ...