Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Caroline Field Levander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Series:

Bantam classic

A Bantam classic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror tales--Appreciation--Fiction.

Horror tales.

Horror tales--Appreciation.

England.

Books and reading--Fiction.

Books and reading.

England--Fiction.

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Satirical literature.

Gothic fiction.

Love stories.

Physical Description:

xviii, 215 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bantam Books, [1999]

Summary:

The earliest of her six major novels," "NorthangerAbbey remained unpublished until after Jane Austen' s death. A deliciously witty satire of popular Gothic romances, it is perhaps Austen' s lightest, most delightful excursion into a young woman' s world. Catherine Morland, an unlikely heroine- unlikely because she is so ordinary- forsakes her English village for the pleasures and perils of Bath. There, among a circle of Austen' s wonderfully vain, dissembling, and fashionable characters, she meets a potential suitor, Henry Tilney. But with her imagination fueled by melodramatic novels, Catherine turns a visit to his home, Northanger Abbey, into a hunt for dark family secrets. The result is a series of hilarious social gaffes and harsh awakenings that for all of Austen' s youthful exuberance nevertheless conveys her mature vision of literature and life- and the consequences of mistaking one for the other.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215).

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

0553211978

9780553211979

OCLC:

41477223

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