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The role of fiction
Jackie 2022-10-15 08:49:19
Catherine said to Miss Tierney: "My parents loved each other so much, even more than they loved us, even though they loved us deeply. I thought that was the case with all families, until I read the novel I knew it wasn't. "Catherine needs to read novels to know what an unhappy family is, but many of us have to go to novels to find a happy family and perfect love. Literary works can open our eyes to different tastes of life, some works can resonate with us, and some works can make us feel a little more sympathetic to others.
Extended Reading
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[Riding in the curricle, Henry and Catherine see the first view of Northanger Abbey]
Henry Tilney: There.
Catherine Morland: It's exactly as I imagined. It's just like what we read about.
Henry Tilney: Are you prepared to encounter all of its horrors?
Catherine Morland: Horrors? Is Northanger haunted, then?
Henry Tilney: That's just the least of it. Dungeons, and sliding panels; skeletons; strange, unearthly cries in the night that pierce your very soul!
Catherine Morland: [sardonically] Any vampires? Don't say vampires. I could bear anything, but not vampires.
Henry Tilney: [laughing] Miss Morland, I believe you are teasing me now.
[seriously]
Henry Tilney: I have to say, there is a kind of vampirism. No, let's just say that all houses have their secrets, and Northanger is no exception.
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Isabella Thorpe: My dear one, in this false world, people often make promises they have little intention of keeping. Remember, we are your *true* friends.