Catherine, an avid reader of gothic novels, visits Bath and falls in love with Henry Tilney. She is invited to the Tilney home, an abbey where she eagerly anticipates a variety of horrors. None occur, but when it seems that Henry is about to request her hand, she is suddenly and rudely sent home by Henry's father. It turns out that Mr. Tinny had been listening to false Elmore about Catherine's family, and Henry soon shows up to clear things up. The two soon marry.

I remember loving this book the first time I read it, but the second time, except for it's humorous opening, left me a bit flat.