num_pages: 198
description: An alternate-cover edition can be found here and here. and here.."Northanger Abbey" tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her.In this, her first full-length novel, Austen also fixes her sharp, ironic gaze on other kinds of contemporary novel, especially the Gothic school made famous by Ann Radcliffe. Catherine's reading becomes intertwined with her social and romantic adventures, adding to the uncertainties and embarrassments she must undergo before finding happiness.
language: English
title: Northanger Abbey
titlecomplete: Northanger Abbey
characters: James Morland, Captain Frederick Tilney, Mrs. Morland, John Thorpe, Eleanor Tilney, Isabella Thorpe, Richard Morland, Mrs. Thorpe, Henry Tilney, General Tilney, Catherine Morland
genres: Historical, Literature, Audiobook, British Literature, Classics, Gothic, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 384427
places: Somerset, England, Gloucestershire, England, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, England
publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd