Catherine begins the novel as a naive teenager whose life has been relatively sheltered. When she accepts the invitation from the Allens to go with them to Bath, a resort for wealthier British society, her life begins to change. She begins to experience a whole new lifestyle and quickly befriends Isabella Thorpe, who is superficial and loves to gossip. Isabella eagerly engages Catherine into the social life of Bath, and she ends up falling for Catherine’s brother, James. Catherine is completely ignorant to the fact that James and Isabella are in love and also to the fact that she is leading John, Isabella’s brother, to believe that she is in love with him. She also embarrasses herself in front of Henry Tilney, the man that she loves, when he finds out that she thinks his father might have murdered his mother. Catherine is very good at reading books and becoming engaged in the stories, but unfortunately she is not very good at reading people. This causes problems for Catherine throughout the novel, but eventually she learns from the mistakes that she made with Isabella and General Tilney. She matures and grows as a person and in the end marries Henry Tilney.
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