Poor Matilda! An anticlimatic arrival at the Abbey.

Chapter 20 - The bustle of going is not pleasant, until Catherine joins Henry (dashing in his greatcoat!) in the curricle.

Chapter 19 - A woman in love with one man cannot flirt with another.

Chapter 18 - A disconcerting meeting in the pump room.Catherine is favored beyond every other human creature. Chapter 17 - Miss Tilney forms a very bold wish.Isabella receives disappointing news from James, and Catherine (only temporarily, for she is not clever) wonders at the real source of her friend's disappointment. A handsome captain arrives and pesters a young lady until she will dance with him. John proposes to try a song Catherine cannot sing. Chapter 15 - Isabella has news, and detests grandeur.An ignorant woman is charming and a sister laments that her brother cannot be serious. Tormenting historians are successfully defended. Chapter 14 - A delightful morning walk, with 'nice' conversation.Chapter 13 - In a scene extremely gratifying to the reader, Catherine employs her lessons learned and is unable to be persuaded, commits a small act of impropriety, and avoids a larger one.Catherine appears to have won over Team Tilney.

A charming artlessness that many a Henry cannot be insensible. Chapter 12 - Two attempts at apology one is successful.A young woman is tricked! Catherine is mad and sad. Chapter 11 - A walk is given up in favor of a driver to a romantic castle.Bath's amusement and the intellectual poverty of the country. A cotillion ball! A contract of mutual agreeableness is established. Chapter 10 - A more sensible sister is met and unwittingly confided in.A man is decided to be quite disagreeable company. The hero returns! And brings his sister! Catherine is twice plagued by terribly tragic timing and is very (silently) distressed. 'Oh D- it!' A scintillating discussion about gigs. Chapter 6 - Two friends meet in the pump room and discuss men: fictional, absent, and present.Chapter 5 - The friendship is advanced.Chapter 4 - Old friends and new friends meet.An irrational smirk, an examination of muslin, and the importance of journal-keeping. Chapter 3 - A gentleman is introduced and lively conversation ensues.Gratifying public acknowledgment of Catherine's charms. Chapter 1 - An unlikely heroine is introduced, educated, and brought alone for an adventure.They are for people who are familiar with the book to help them find the chapter they want, and they are not designed for the student who might be looking for a quick way to get out of reading the novel. The complete text from Project Gutenberg is here.Ĭhapter descriptions are designed to be very vague and cryptic. We are in the process of adding the Northanger Abbey text to.

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