Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble

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Signet Classics
05 February 2008

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Jane Austen's brilliant satire of the gothic novel.

""If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.""

The most sprightly and satirical of Austen's novels, Northanger Abbey was written when the author was herself in her early twenties, and takes for its heroine seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, a spirited young woman preoccupied with the pleasures of dressing, dancing, and reading sensational novels.

When she visits Northanger Abbey, the ancestral home of handsome Henry Tilney, Catherine's taste in books comes back to haunt her. The rambling house, full of locked doors, and the family's mysterious history give rise to delightfully dreadful suspicions, and finally only Catherine's sweet nature and good humor triumph over her susceptibility.

A sly commentary on the power of literature as well as a cautionary tale about the perils of naivete, Northanger Abbey is a fresh and funny tale of one young woman receiving, as Margaret Drabble reveals in her illuminating introduction, ""intensive instruction in the ways of the world.""

With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble and an Afterword by Stephanie Laurens

By: Jane Austen
Introduction by: Margaret Drabble
Imprint: Signet Classics
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 172mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 127g
ISBN: 9780451530844
ISBN 10: 0451530845
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 05 February 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jane Austen(1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, a rector, and his wife, Cassandra. Like many girls of her day, she was educated at home, where she began her literary career by writing parodies and skits for the amusement of her large family. Although Austen did not marry, she did have several suitors and once accepted a marriage proposal, but only for an evening. Although Austen never lived apart from her family, her work shows a worldly and wise sensibility. Her novels includeSense and Sensibility(1811),Pride and Prejudice(1813),Mansfield Park(1814),Emma(1815), andNorthanger AbbeyandPersuasion, published together posthumously in 1818. Margaret Drabbleis the highly acclaimed novelist, biographer, and editor ofThe Oxford Companion to English Literature. Her novels includeThe Gates of Ivory,The Seven Sisters, andThe Red Queen. She lives in London. Stephanie Laurensis the New York Timesbestselling author of more than thirty historical romances set in Regency England. Her Cynster and Bastion Club novels are beloved by readers worldwide.