The rest of the above plot summary is accurate, and well put (without giving
away the whole story), I just wanted to clarify the `Gothic` label that I have
heard put on Austen by several people incorrectly. I think it is a common
misconception to those who are not familiar with all of the novels. Northanger
Abbey is not a Gothic mystery. This is a common `generalization` of Austen
that many people make based on this one novel out of several she had
written. In fact her intention in writing Northanger Abbey was to satirize the
currently popular `Gothic` novel (current in her lifetime that is).