Northanger Abbey is a movie directed by Giles Foster in 1987 and based on the book of the same name by Jane Austen, first published in 1817. The movie features Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers, Geoffrey Chater, Cassie Stuart, and others.
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Storyline
Catherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning to her home with her family, Eleanor invites Catherine to come along as her guest and companion. There Catherine’s imagination continues to flourish and she begins to suspect a dark secret at Northanger Abbey.
Movie vs Book
Year
1987
Minutes
88
Movie Rate
5.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Northanger Abbey
Original title: Screen Two: Northanger Abbey
Director: Giles Foster
Country: USA
Year: 1987
Length: 1h28m
Year
1817
Pages
251
Book Rate
7.66
S: Goodreads
Book
Northanger Abbey
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1817
Length: 251 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Victor Nunez
Movie by Jon Jones
TV Series by Anya Steiner
TV Series by Amanda Taylor, Kailee Brown
TV Series by Marcos Bernstein
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“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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