Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is a reissue published by Penguin on February 5, 2008, featuring 256 pages in English. This novel presents a satirical take on the gothic genre through the experiences of seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, who is drawn into a world of adventure and intrigue when she visits Northanger Abbey, the home of the charming Henry Tilney. As Catherine navigates her fascination with sensational novels, her imagination leads her to whimsical and sometimes misguided conclusions about the mysterious surroundings and the family’s history.
Readers will find a blend of humor and insight as Austen explores themes of fiction, romance, and the historical context of the Regency era. The narrative highlights Catherine’s spirited nature and her journey toward understanding the complexities of life and literature. With an introduction by Margaret Drabble and an afterword by Stephanie Laurens, this edition offers a fresh perspective on Austen’s commentary about the influence of literature and the challenges of youthful naiveté.
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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 naïveté, 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
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