Language Arts; Grades 9-12. 90 minutes.  From the Masterpiece: The Complete Jane Austen series.
The film adaptation of Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction. Catherine Morland has an ordinary life and a feverish imagination. When she gets invited to Bath, Catherine is immersed in a world of elaborate balls and handsome men. When one suitor takes her to his family estate, Northanger Abbey, Catherine becomes mired in a world of fact and fantasy. Is there a dark mystery behind the locked doors of Northanger Abbey? Why has her budding romance suddenly been cut short?