The heroine of the novel, Kathleen Moran, is the daughter of a priest. She comes to Bath, a spa resort with the squire Allen and his wife, and meets and falls in love with Henry Tierney, a young priest at the dance. At the same time, she also met another young man, John Thorpe. Thorpe mistakenly thought that Catherine was going to be Mr. Allen's property heir, so he became coveted and "made up his mind to marry Catherine as his wife". Thorpe likes to brag and lie, in order to raise his own worth, he lied to Henry's father, General Tierney, about the Moran family's property. When the family left Bath, he also invited Catherine to visit their home at Northanger Abbey, treating her as his own. Later, Thorpe's extravagant hope of pursuing Catherine was shattered, so he became angry and hurriedly overturned the previous touts of the Moran family, and then degraded the Moran family, saying how poor her family was. General Tierney listened to the slander again, thinking that the Moran family was impoverished, and angrily drove Catherine out of the house and ordered his son to forget her. But the two young lovers did not give in. After some setbacks, they finally became husband and wife. Obviously, the author's description of Thorpe and Tierney in this way is a ruthless attack on the concept of money and family status.
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