Quotes · Quote card

Quotation from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine”

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey, Vol. I, Ch. 1 (1817 first edition)

Portrait of Jane Austen

The opening sentence mocks the conventions of heroine-centred novels.

Citation: "No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine" — Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Vol. I, Ch. 1 (1817 first edition). (id northanger-abbey-q1)

Portrait: CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810) hires, Cassandra Austen, Public domain.

Download card (PNG)

Quote card: No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed he