HeroineThe female protagonist of the book.
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A woman admired for her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities."Catherine Morland, the heroine of the novel, displays an array of emotions in every situation."
GothicA style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents.
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Belonging to or characteristic of the gothic style."Northanger Abbey, though perceived by Catherine as Gothic, is actually quite mundane."
SatireThe use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.
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The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc."Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a satire of gothic novels."
FollyThe lack of good sense or judgment.
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Lack of good sense; foolishness."Catherine's folly leads her to imagine all sorts of gothic horrors at Northanger Abbey."
RomanticismThe artistic and intellectual movement that emphasizes inspiration, primary of the individual and the primacy of feeling.
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A movement in the arts and literature that emphasized inspiration and the primacy of the individual."Despite its satirical tone, Northanger Abbey features elements of Romanticism."