The novel's main character - young and naive Catherine- must learn to distinguish between reality and unrealistic gothic fiction. Although Jane Austen was fond of the gothic novel, in "Northanger Abbey," the author makes fun of this genre.
"Persuasions" tells the story of the fate of Anne Elliot, a twenty-seven-year-old maiden who, at the urging of her family, refused to marry her beloved Frederick Wentworth - Frederick was not financially secure when he asked Anne to marry him. "Persuasion" is a particularly lauded entry by Jane Austen, mainly because of the personality of the main character, who is not one-dimensional and believable.
