Northanger Abbey
A TV Movie, based on the Jane Austen Novel
1986 & 2007
This is a lesser known Jane Austen work which I enjoyed immensely. Like others by the author it concerns love in the class based society of historical England. It is perhaps the most humorous of her works, making romantic fun of literature.
In courting the modestly well off female lead a wise general's son compares fiction and reality to air and water - "confuse the two and you drown", but "if you wish to catch a fish, by all means, drop in a line".
Predictably each character does 'catch' the other, but with some dark distractions arising from the young woman's fascination with gothic novels.
I saw the 1986 BBC production - the 2007 version, also for TV, is supposedly better, according to IMDB.
BTW, one could also 'dive in' to the fiction, and pull the fish up with your teeth, if you wished.
