Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her waySix weeks of shopping, taking tea with the most fashionable ladies and dancing with the most handsome gentlemen is what awaits young Catherine Morland when she makes her entree into the leisurely society at Bath.But, oh, the thrill of an unexpected invitation from the mysterious Tilney family to stay at their home Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her waySix weeks of shopping, taking tea with the most fashionable ladies and dancing with the most handsome gentlemen is what awaits young Catherine Morland when she makes her entree into the leisurely society at Bath.But, oh, the thrill of an unexpected invitation from the mysterious Tilney family to stay at their home - a veritable abbey! It is more than even the adventurous Catherine could hope for, as she envisages herself, the perfect Gothic heroine, becoming entangled in a web of secrecy and romance.