From my own informal wanderings as a Jane Austen fan around the internet, this might be one of the more maligned of the Jane Austen adaptations. Northanger Abbey was the last of the Jane Austen movies the BBC released in the ’80s. No harm in that, right? NORTHANGER ABBEY (1986) REVIEW The Ending As I said in the plot section, I don’t remember the end of the book in enough detail.Catherine daydreams about her Gothic novels. Carey Mulligan was fantastic as the gold digging friend. A young Felicity Jones was perfect as the wide-eyed Catherine and JJ Field, who I recognized from Austenland, had that twinkle in his eye that had me (and Catherine ) falling for him. Actors I LOVED the casting of this movie.
I even found Catherine’s bookish daydreams fun in the context of the movie, even of they felt a little cheesy. So, the dresses, the complicated dances at balls, the old castles, all gave the movie the edge. Like with most stories that are set in a period long gone I think that the movie can bring to the story to life in a way that your imagination might not be able to accomplish. I felt like there were some differences at the end, but I may just be remembering the book wrong. Either way, both worked. There, with the death of their mother still lingering and an abrasive father present, she imagines the worst and her time at Northanger Abbey is cut short. She meets Henry and his sister and is invited back to their home. Catherine was young, read so many gothic novels that her imagination was vivid, and was drawn into a friendship under somewhat false pretenses. The Story/Plot Catherine, one of 10 children living in the country, was invited by her neighbors to visit Bath and attend some balls. I wasn’t sure I was going to compare the two because I listened to the book in 2014 and so many of the details alluded me, but after I watched the 2007 movie and re-read my book review I think I can manage a limited comparison.
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