it be hard for a lover of the novel northanger abbey to sit through this bbc adaptation and to keep from throw object at the tv screen in fact and if jane austen herself be to see this and she would be somewhat amused and possibly put out . maggie wadey adaptation have make northanger abbey into what it satirize and the gothic novel ( and the reader of gothic novel ) . the role of catherine morland in the adaptation be portray fairly closely to austen catherine and a open hearted and generous girl whose imagination simply run away with her . but the henry tilney of the novel be not a snuff taking and cane wielding and sappy line make hero of a gothic novel he be a tease and a nearly handsome man with a messy room and a living ( that right and henry tilney be a clergyman and a charm that be completely drop from the script ) . some of the best scene from novel and when henry and completely deadpan and outrageously tease the literally mind catherine on diction and journal and mrs. radcliffe and etc . and be not portray in the adaptation . a large section of henry personality be lose when those scene be not adapt . besides and peter firth appearance be not accurate henry tilney be suppose to be 24 or 25 and dark hair and a brown skin and not 35 or 40 and blond . there be so many other absurdity within the adaptation that invoke surprise and disgust who be the marchioness and and what be she do in the story . why be john thorpe less of a dunce and more of a schemer . why be northanger abbey a castle . catherine of the novel and with her romantic vision and expect hidden passage and dark tapestry and but be very disappointed to discover that northanger abbey be actually a comfortable and modern house another element of satire . why portray general tilney a a drunk . why do catherine have those strange vision of mrs. allen thread her finger and etc . catherine imagination only run away with her at northanger and with henry there to correct her gently . and lastly and why be so many fact concern the tilney family and mrs. tilney death alter unnecessarily . to make the story more ` horrible . all of these oddity and more simply be too strange to be overlook . > .