“….she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement and cleanliness, and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house.

Such was Catherine Morland at ten.”

She might not have been a genuine gothic heroine, but I bet Laura Croft would have approved. Just what is a heroine if she cannot throw a few punches? ;-)

No, seriously, how does Catherine compare to other Gothic heroines?