Northhanger Abbey

We had our Sunday night at the Masterpiece Theater..at home of course! Northhanger Abbey was very well done. Though the book can be confusing, the movie was not. The story is interwoven with Catherine's many imaginations, encouraged by her novel reading so many of these imaginations are wild. The movie made this flow seamlessly.
Catherine is probably my favorite Jane Austen character. She is young, inexperienced, naive in many ways. As she begins to leave her childhood, the story begins. I want to jump in and guide her. The world is a hard place! Sometimes people will take advantage of you! Ack! Don't do that! Or, yes trust this person! But she manages herself fine (don't want to ruin the story for you!) , even if she must painfully evaluate herself. She even matures and moves beyond her childish ways.
And...aaahhh...a happy ending!