# Northanger Abbey — Character guide

> Key figures in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

- [Catherine Morland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/catherine_morland.md): The novel's heroine, a young woman with a vivid imagination who visits Bath and Northanger Abbey.
- [Henry Tilney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/henry_tilney.md): A witty and intelligent clergyman who becomes Catherine's love interest and guide.
- [Isabella Thorpe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/isabella_thorpe.md): Catherine's charming but manipulative friend in Bath, engaged to James Morland.
- [General Tilney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/general_tilney.md): Henry and Eleanor's formidable father, a wealthy and domineering military man.
- [Eleanor Tilney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/eleanor_tilney.md): Henry's kind and gentle sister who befriends Catherine at Northanger Abbey.
- [Mr. Allen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mr_allen.md): Catherine's kindly host in Bath, a gentleman of leisure and good sense.
- [Mrs. Allen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mrs_allen.md): Catherine's hostess in Bath, preoccupied with fashion and social propriety.
- [John Thorpe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/john_thorpe.md): Isabella's boastful and vulgar brother who pursues Catherine.
- [James Morland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/james_morland.md): Catherine's older brother, a student at Oxford engaged to Isabella Thorpe.
- [Captain Frederick Tilney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/captain_frederick_tilney.md): Henry's dashing but irresponsible older brother, a military captain.
- [Mrs. Thorpe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mrs_thorpe.md): Isabella and John's mother, an old acquaintance of Mrs. Allen.
- [Mrs. Morland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mrs_morland.md): Catherine's sensible and practical mother.
- [Mr. Morland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mr_morland.md): Catherine's father, a clergyman with a large family.
- [Mrs. Hughes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mrs_hughes.md): A friend of Mrs. Allen who introduces Catherine to the Tilneys.
- [Miss Andrews](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/miss_andrews.md): A young lady admired by John Thorpe in Bath.
- [Sarah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/sarah.md): One of Catherine's younger sisters at home.
- [Maria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/maria.md): One of Catherine's younger sisters mentioned in the family.
- [Mrs. Tilney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/mrs_tilney_deceased.md): Henry and Eleanor's late mother, whose death Catherine imagines suspiciously.
- [Charles Hodges](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/charles_hodges.md): A tenant farmer on General Tilney's estate.
- [Dorothy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/dorothy.md): An old servant at Northanger Abbey who shows Catherine Mrs. Tilney's room.
- [Captain Hunt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/captain_hunt.md): A military acquaintance mentioned in conversation.
- [Dr. Skinner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/northanger_abbey_se/characters/dr_skinner.md): A physician mentioned in passing by the Thorpes.

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