Northanger Abbey (Annotated)

by Jane Austen

Overview

Read one of the best-loved Jane Austen books of all timeThe definitive edition

• Features an uplifting extended biography of the life and experiences of Jane Austen
• Professionally remastered for premium quality print and easy reading

Northanger Abbey is a well-known and beloved Jane Austen novel. This parody of Gothic fiction was the first of Austen's novels, but it wasn't published until after her death. This fun, thrilling novel parodied the habitual clichés of gothic novels and it has won a spot into the heart of Jane Austen fans, spurring numerous adaptations, movies, and TV series.

The story follows young and naive Catherine Morland, a "young heroine in training" who spends too much time reading fiction. When Catherine is invited by her neighbors to spend the ball season with them, she is delighted to meet Tilney, a young gentleman, Thorpe, a quiet and reserved young man, and Isabella, a vivacious and lively young lady.

"Beware how you give your heart."

While Catherine is not interested at all in Thorpe, he perceived Tilney as a rival for Catherine's affections and tries to sabotage their friendship. This puts Catherine in many awkward situations. When she is invited to stay in their manor, Northanger Abbey, Catherine puts their friendship further at risk by fantasizing about the place like the scenario of a Gothic novel.

Will young Catherine mature past her delusions, or will her daydreams end her friendship with Tilney? Follow the twists and turns of this thrilling story in this edition of Northanger Abbey.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781649222015
Publisher:	Sastrugi Press
Publication date:	07/06/2021
Series:	Sastrugi Press Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.
Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. From her teenage years into her thirties she experimented with various literary forms, including an epistolary novel which she then abandoned, wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.
Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century realism. Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously and brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture.

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father