Mr. Rushworth Jane Austen was born in December 1775 and died in July 1817. She was a British novelist who wrote six novels: "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Persuasion", and "Northanger Abbey". Her novels are about romance within the gentry. "Mansfield Park" was written between 1811 and 1813 and was published in 1814. The novel was published in a second edition in 1816. The novel is about a young woman, Fanny Price, and her life living with her relatives, the Bertrams. It catalogs the events that occur there and Fanny's insights into the characters and events. Little is
Northanger Abbey (1986 film) that James (to whom she is now engaged) is poor, begins to flirt with Frederick. Eleanor invites Catherine to stay with her at the Tilneys' home, Northanger Abbey. Catherine accepts the invitation with pleasure, although she imagines that the Abbey will be rather like one of the gloomy castles in her books. Catherine is at first welcomed by General Tilney (Henry's father), who has been bragged to by John Thorpe that Catherine (whom John thinks is in love with him) is an heiress. When he realizes that Catherine is not rich, however, he sends her packing. Back at home, Catherine