Northanger Abbey (1986)

A BBC production

directed by: Giles Foster (TV)

Main characters:

Catherine Morland -

Katharine Schlesinger

Henry Tilney -

Peter Firth

• Catherine (17) is interested in reading Gothic novels• She imagines all sorts of cruel happenings e.g. getting

caught by a man who looks like a vampire, Cathy= victim• She is invited to Bath with Mr and Mrs Allen• At a ball she meets Mr Tilney and is head over heels in

love• Her brother is in love with Isabella Thorpe, a false-faced

woman• Isabella’s brother tells lies about Catherine • Catherine is invited to Northanger Abbey • She suspects Mr Tilney’s father to be a murderer • Mr Tilney catches her spying in the abbey • Though they like one another, they are separated by Mr

Tilney’s father (due to lies by Mr Thorpe)• At the end Mr Tilney is allowed to propose to Catherine

Persuasion (2007)

directed by Adrian Shergold (TV, actor)

broadcast on ITV in April 2007

main characters:

Anne Elliot –

Sally Hawkins

Captain Frederick Wentworth –

Rupert Penry-Jones

• Anne fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth when she was 19

• She was persuaded not to marry him (no rank/fortune)• 8 years later she still loves him and regrets her decision• They meet again; see each other quite often in Bath• He is now a wealthy man and is interested in women

much younger than Anne • Frederick notices that he still has feelings for Anne • Anne receives a proposal by Mr William Elliott • Frederick thinks he is too late to propose to her himself

• … see what the ending is (and have a look at the beautiful Royal Crescent of Bath)!