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Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen
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Although Northanger Abbey was not published until after Jane Austen's death in 1817, it was one of her first novels. Northanger Abbey is, in part, Austen's response to Gothic novels, like Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho, which were enjoying tremendous popularity in the late seventeeth and early eighteenth centuries, and to their devoted readers. It is a fine demonstration of the young novelist's powers of social observation and pristine style, which are the hallmarks of her work.
In opposition to the Gothic novelists' portentous prose and unlikely heroines, she presents a charmingly believable Catherine Morland. In one of Austen's delightful satirical twists, Catherine, recently introduced into society, is a voracious reader of Gothic stories. When she is invited to stay with the Tilneys in their seemingly foreboding abbey, she fears that it is the kind of terrible place described in the novels she devours.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Modern Library Classics

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 1, 2000

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780679641100

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780679641100
      • File size: 2328 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 10.8
    • Lexile® Measure: 910
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 9-10

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      February 1, 1996
      Austen is the hot property of the entertainment world with new feature film versions of Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility on the silver screen and Pride and Prejudice hitting the TV airwaves on PBS. Such high visibility will inevitably draw renewed interest in the original source materials. These new Modern Library editions offer quality hardcovers at affordable prices.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:10.8
  • Lexile® Measure:910
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:9-10

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