Northanger Abbey, or How Adorable Are the Tilney Children Going to Be?


Oh, Baby Catherine! You have no idea what Andrew Davies has in store for you. 



The adorable Felicity Jones playing the adorable Catherine Morland. 



The image that launched a thousand “I love reading” icons.



“Hmm. Our daughter isn’t that ugly anymore, is she, my dear?”



“I’m going to do what against a tree?”



Catherine travels with the Allens to Bath, or as it’s more commonly known that-one-street-in-Dublin-
that-if-you-angle-the-camera-just-right-kinda-sortal-almost-looks-like-Bath-but-no-one-will-know-the-
difference-anyway-so-it-doesn’t-really-matter.



Yup. Definitely almost pretty today.



The adorable JJ Field.



They meet cute.



You know what they say about a man who knows his muslin. (Okay, that shot is kind of creepy.)



He’s totally wearing guy liner.



Jane Austen would be so proud.



Catherine meets Isabella Thorpe and the girls. (And by girls I don’t meet her sisters.)



“I’m going to do what in a bathtub?”



Oh, look. It’s John Thorpe, the slightly more attractive younger brother of the alien bounty hunter. 



You know you see the family resemblence.



Isabella and her cleavage are so happy for Catherine and John.



But what's this?



Some hussy on Mr. Tilney’s arm.



And by hussy I mean sister. Catherine feels better now.



Captain Crewe! I mean General Tilney! (And if anyone gets that reference I will be thoroughly impressed with you.) 



Feeling a bit foolish now. 



Not as hot as wet naval captains.



This is Andrew Davies’ way of getting over his regret that he didn’t write that whole Embeth Davitz undressing Frances O’Conner scene in “Mansfield Park.”



“The press thinks I have a thing for John Thorpe? Have they read the book?” Silly question, Catherine. Silly question.



No good can come of this conversation.



Since it was inexplicably not included in this adaptation, I feel compelled to say for the record, “The person, be it 
gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.”



Hide the children.*



There are clergymen in the trees.* 



I’m…just…I’m mortified for the both of them.*



That's better.



Too cute.



Who knew there was bondage in Austen’s day?



Adore “curricle” riding. 



Welcome to Northanger Abbey. Also known as Edinburgh Castle. 



Dude.



Should have paid more attention to the dinner scenes in "Gosford Park."



What could it be? The suspense is killing me!



Oh, it’s nothing important. Just all of Henry’s funny lines from the book. 



Dear Jane, Sorry about the whole tree thing. It wasn't my idea.



Now that General Tilney is gone the real fun can begin. Activities will include:



Adorable apple picking.* 



Adorable crumpet toasting. 



Adorable horseback riding in big hats.



Look there between the trees! It’s my favorite scene from the novel. Oh, well. Moving on. 



“Yes, you want her. Look at her you know you do. Possible she wants you to. There is one way to find out.”



Dorothy hasn’t been doing her job very well, has she?



Busted!



Great coat!



“Badly done, Emma.” Sorry. Wrong book. 



Lesson learned? Reading is bad. (Yeah, ’cause that’s really the point of the book.)



“Am I really this dumb?”



"Yes."



“All this because I thought your father was a homicidal maniac who keeps his children in a perpetual state of 
fear? Geez. Sensitive family.”



“Hungry?”



“So, our Cathy isn’t as dumb as we feared?”



Thanks, Ma.



Oh, no she didn’t.* (Thankfully on PBS she didn’t.)



Adorable apologizing.



Adorable proposing.



Okay, I’ve held my tongue long enough.



I really, really hate...


...the hats in this adaptation! There. I feel better now.

finis