Names of Jane Austen's Characters




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TitleCharacterDescription
Northanger AbbeyAnne Mitchell

A 'friend' of Isabella Thorpe's who had tried to put on a turban like Isabella's but who had apparently made wretched work of it.
Northanger AbbeyCaptain Frederick Tilney

A dashing Captain in the 12 Light Dragoons, brother to Henry and Eleanor.
Northanger AbbeySkinner

A family of unknown quantity that Mrs Allen wishes were in Bath.
Northanger AbbeyMrs. Thorpe

A former schoolfellow and intimate of Mrs Allen's
Northanger AbbeyMrs. Hughes

A lady who is a member of Henry and Eleanor's party at the ball in the Upper Rooms. (Presumably Eleanor Tilney's chaperone?)
Northanger AbbeyMiss. Smith

A not-very-pretty acquaintance of Mrs Hughes, with whom Henry dances
Northanger AbbeyWilliam

A servant of General Tilney's who almost loses his place because Catherine doesn't wait for him to announce her before bursting into the family apartments.
Northanger AbbeyJackson

A student at Oriel College, Oxford. He apparently offered to buy John Thorpe's gig from him for sixty guineas; ten more than he had paid for it - as long as the horse was included.
Northanger AbbeyFreeman

A very good sort of fellow at Christchurch College, Oxford, who sold his curricle-hung gig to John Thorpe for fifty guineas.
Northanger AbbeyGeneral Courtenay

A very old friend of the General Tilney's - someone with whom he had hoped to meet in Bath.
Northanger AbbeySophia

Along with Emily, Sophia is one of the two sweetest girls in the world with whom Anne Thorpe has become intimate, having known her for a single morning.
Northanger AbbeyCharlotte Davis

An offstage character at whose side Captain Tilney remained glued after his narrow escape from Isabella Thorpe's would-be clutches.
Northanger AbbeyCaptain Hunt

Another of Isabella Thorpe's beaux. This one she apparently refused to dance with until he agreed that the amazingly insipid Miss Andrews was as beautiful as an angel.
Northanger AbbeyWilliam Thorpe

Another young Thorpe sibling. This one is at sea, but like his more academic brothers, he is too is apparently beloved and respected by all who know him.
Northanger AbbeySally (Sarah) Morland

Catherine Morland's sixteen-year-old sister who, being a young lady of common gentility, had naturally altered her name as far as she could, from Sally to Sarah.
Northanger AbbeyRev. Richard Morland

Father of Catherine Morland. He was a clergyman
Northanger AbbeyRev. Henry Tilney

Hero, witty and charming.
Northanger AbbeyMrs. Allen

Mr Allen's wife: .one of that numerous class of females, whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them.
Northanger AbbeyIsabella Thorpe

Mrs Thorpe's beautiful but shallow daughter. She's a master of artifice and is able to charm all and sundry - initially anyway.
Northanger AbbeyGeorge Morland

One of Catherine Morland's youngest siblings; a child of six who might or might not have been the first to joyously proclaim her return home.
Northanger AbbeySam Fletcher

One of John Thorpe's mythical friends who apparently wanted to sell him a famous, clever animal for the road at the knock-down price of forty guineas
Northanger AbbeyEdward Thorpe

One of Mrs Thorpe's talented (according to her) sons - a student at Merchant-Taylors'.
Northanger AbbeyMaria Thorpe

One of Mrs Thorpe's two younger daughters
Northanger AbbeyAnne Thorpe

One of Mrs Thorpe's two younger daughters. Although not as beautiful as Isabella, she does very well by pretending to be as handsome as [her] sister, imitating her air, and dressing in the same style.
Northanger AbbeyCharles Hodges

One of the many enraptured gentlemen that Isabella Thorpe claims, plague her to death, in order to make her dance.
Northanger AbbeyEmily

One of the two sweetest girls in the world who had been the dear friend of Miss Anne Thorpe for all the morning.
Northanger AbbeyAlice

Probably Miss Tilney's maid
Northanger AbbeyLady/Ladies Fraser

The Lady Frasers - an unknown quantity of titled ladies that General Tilney wished had been in the country to amuse Catherine during her visit to Northanger AbbeyA very old friend of the General Tilney's - someone with whom he had hoped to meet in Bath.
Northanger AbbeyDorothy

The ancient housekeeper in the gothic tale Henry invents to frighten Catherine
Northanger AbbeyGeneral Tilney

The authoritarian father of hero Frederic, Eleanor and Henry Tilney
Northanger AbbeyMr. John Thorpe

The empty-headed and boastful brother of Isabella Thorpe, and the would-be suitor of Miss Morland
Northanger AbbeyEleanor Tilney

The hero's sister, who is presented as an idealised young woman and friend, in strong contrast to the vain and selfish Isabella.
Northanger AbbeyMr. James Morland

The heroine's oldest brother - a good-natured, but inexperienced young man, who is nearly duped by Isabella Thorpe.
Northanger AbbeyMrs. Morland

The heroine's practical mother - a sensible soul, who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste.
Northanger AbbeyMr. Richard Morland

The heroine's second oldest brother in Northanger Abbey - a young man who would apparently have to do without cravats if he were entirely dependent on the love-sick Catherine for that article of clothing
Northanger AbbeyRobinson

The man General Tilney asks Henry to remind him to speak to about the cottage that entrances Catherine so; the one which he was presumably going to have demolished because it was visible from Henry's grounds.
Northanger AbbeyMr. James King

The master of ceremonies at the Lower Rooms. One of several real persons not being authors mentioned in the novel.
Northanger AbbeyMarquis Longtown

The second of the very old friends that General Tilney is unable to see in Bath. The General uses the supposed need for a visit to Lord Longtown as his excuse for dismissing Catherine from Northanger Abbey.
Northanger AbbeyCatherine Morland

The seventeen-year-old heroine. A guileless young woman who cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible
Northanger AbbeyMatilda

The wretched heroine in the Gothic story Henry invents to frighten Catherine
Northanger AbbeyGeorge Parry

The young gentleman who Mrs Allen says might have danced with Catherine had he only been in Bath.
Northanger AbbeyHarriet Morland

The youngest in the Morland family, a four-year-old girl who vied with little George in being the first to welcome Catherine home from her adventures.
Northanger AbbeyMiss. Andrews

a sweet girl
Northanger AbbeyMr. Allen

of Fullerton in Wilts








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