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Northanger Abbey has attracted a trigger warning for ‘toxic relationships’ but I love its gentle romance. Bookworm Mr Tilney is my favourite Austen hero

  • Written by: Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Northanger Abbey has attracted a trigger warning for ‘toxic relationships’ but I love its gentle romance. Bookworm Mr Tilney is my favourite Austen heroHenry Tilney (J.J. Feild) and Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) in the 2007 film.Granada Television/ITV

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

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