After reading Northanger Abbey, one may conclude that the characters in the book are too obsessed with money and it is the most important thing in their lives. The wealthy characters in the book are supposed to marry other wealthy characters, the characters that do have money are constantly showing it off through their possessions, and parents even make sure that their children marry within money. The two main characters that are the most obsessed with money are General Tilney, and Captain Frederick Tilney
             General Tilney is the selfish father of Henry, Eleanor, and Captain Frederick Tilney. He takes great pride in his home, Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey is a huge castle that is relatively modern and everything is fixed up except for the original arched windows. One night when Catherine and the General Tilney are about to eat in the dining parlor, they start to talk about the great size of the parlor. "The dining-parlour was a noble room, suitable in its dimensions to a much larger drawing-room than the one in common use, and fitted up in a style of luxury and expense which was almost lost on the unpractised eye of Catherine, who saw little more than its spaciousness and the number of their attendants. Of the former, she spoke aloud her admiration; and the General, with a very gracious countenance, acknowledged that it was by no means an ill-sized room; and further confessed, that, though as careless on such subjects as most people, he did look upon a tolerably large eating-room as one of the necessaries of life; he supposed however, 'that she must have been used to much better sized apartments at Mr. Allen's?' 'No indeed,' was Catherine's honest assurance; 'Mr. Allen's dining-parlour was not more than half as large.' The General's good-humour increased.¹" In the beginning of this quote the selfish, rich General Tilney sees the dinging-room as luxury and ex...