Camilla (Burney novel) treats Clermont with well-deserved contempt, saying, "That person...is a fellow I have prodigious longing to give a good caning to." He takes a great liking to Camilla at first, but when he observes her seemingly coquettish behavior (in reality she was just making a naive mistake in the process of trying to repulse Hal's affection), his partiality for her soon cools. Later he grows delighted with Lavinia, who is "pretty near as pretty" as her sister, and whose gentle sweetness wins his blunt heart over. Jane Austen referred to "Camilla" and other novels in her novel, "Northanger Abbey": “'And what
Northanger Abbey (2007 film) rich as John led him to believe. He apologises for his father's actions and explains that even though he will probably be disinherited, he loves Catherine and proposes. Catherine accepts and the couple marry. On 10 November 2005, Julia Day from "The Guardian" reported ITV controller of drama, Nick Elliott, had ordered three new adaptations of "Mansfield Park", "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion". Elliot commented that the adaptations would be "important remakes for the new generation". He explained, "About every 10 years, all the great stories need retelling. These films will be very much 2007 films... we've asked and pushed the