| Northanger Abbey Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1977580106 ISBN-13: 9781977580108 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.65 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's Gothic parody. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist. The story's heroine is Catherine Morland, an innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry's mother? Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy? Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art. |