| Northanger Abbey Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798718977035 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Gothic - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.5 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite.Catherine is invited by the Allens her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton to accompany them to visit the town of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and other social delights. Soon she is introduced to a clever young gentleman, Henry Tilney, with whom she dances and converses. Through Mrs. Allen's old schoolfriend Mrs. Thorpe, she meets her daughter Isabella, a vivacious and flirtatious young woman, and the two quickly become friends. Mrs. Thorpe's son, John is also a friend of Catherine's older brother, James, at Oxford where they are both students. |
