Diana’s Reviews > Northanger Abbey > Status Update

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who had not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." Henry Tilney, arrogantly funny.

"There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door — not one young man whose origin was unknown." Did Emily Brontë read this and envision Heathcliff? Probably not, but the line made me think of his character.