Tilney married a very wealthy heiress, a Miss Drummond, who brought in a dowry of £20,000. He had three children with her, Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor. As a husband, Tilney was a bit neglectful, or at least Catherine Morland believes so when she hears an account from Eleanor. General Tilney never accompanied his wife on her favorite walks around Northanger, and he refused to hang her portrait in his bedroom and actually refused to show it in the house at all due to his dissatisfaction with it. After Mrs. Tilney died, Eleanor took the portrait to hang it in her own room in order to remember her mother.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Tilney married a very wealthy heiress, a Miss Drummond, who brought in a dowry of £20,000. He had three children with her, Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor. As a husband, Tilney was a bit neglectful, or at least Catherine Morland believes so when she hears an account from Eleanor. General Tilney never accompanied his wife on her favorite walks around Northanger, and he refused to hang her portrait in his bedroom and actually refused to show it in the house at all due to his dissatisfaction with it. After Mrs. Tilney died, Eleanor took the portrait to hang it in her own room in order to remember her mother.
|
dcterms:subject
| |
Marital
| |
dbkwik:jane-austen...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
dbkwik:janeausten/...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Portrayer
| |
Residence
| |
Age
| |
Name
| |
fortune
| |
Rank
| |
Occupation
| |
Family
| - *Mrs. Tilney †
*Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor Tilney
*Catherine Morland Tilney
*Unnamed viscount
|
Gender
| |
abstract
| - Tilney married a very wealthy heiress, a Miss Drummond, who brought in a dowry of £20,000. He had three children with her, Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor. As a husband, Tilney was a bit neglectful, or at least Catherine Morland believes so when she hears an account from Eleanor. General Tilney never accompanied his wife on her favorite walks around Northanger, and he refused to hang her portrait in his bedroom and actually refused to show it in the house at all due to his dissatisfaction with it. After Mrs. Tilney died, Eleanor took the portrait to hang it in her own room in order to remember her mother. Miss Tilney: "No, I was unfortunately from home. Her illness was sudden and short; and, before I arrived it was all over." Narration: "Catherine's blood ran cold with the horrid suggestions which naturally sprang from these words. Could it be possible? Could Henry's father—? And yet how many were the samples to justify in the blackest suspicions!" — Catherine immediately believing the worst of General Tilney His wife was taken by a sudden illness, and even Eleanor was away from home when this happened. When Catherine hears of the suddenness, she believes that General Tilney's villainy is set in stone and speculates that he killed his wife. After Mrs. Tilney's untimely death, General Tilney had a very elegant monument erected in the church in his late wife's honor.
|