Northanger Abbey

Catherine Morland reads tales of Gothic romance, yet leads a country life in Wiltshire. When she is invited to Northanger Abbey, she meets all the trappings of Gothic horror she has read about and imagines the worst.

Jane Austen's delightful, carefully wrought novels of manners remain surprisingly relevant, nearly 200 years after they were first published. Her novels -- Pride and Prejudice and Emma among them -- are those rare books that offer us a glimpse at the mores of a specific period while addressing the complexities of love, honor, and responsibility that still intrigue us today.