So she concludes that he is “feminine” rather than “masculine” because he is interested in muslin (something only for a woman), is dominated by his father, and reads novels. So as you can tell I had major issues with that. Tilney is the most “feminine” of the Austen heroes and that he is dominated by his father never really making a move or taking any action toward Catherine everything being done by General Tilney. The part I didn’t like was when she started talking smack about Mr. In fact she would have fit in today, on Youtube right next to Nostalgia Critic or something. How Austen made fun of the romantic tropes, actually quite snarkly. In fact I agreed with a lot of what she said. Northanger Abbey in a way is a rewrite of The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox.
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