Northanger Abbey

By: Jane Austen

Published March 3rd 2005 by Barnes & Noble Classics (first published 1818)

Category: Biography

Pages: 251 pages

ISBN: 9781593082642

Description:
Jane Austen's first novelÑpublished posthumously in 1818Ñtells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature. The satirical novel pokes fun at the gothic novel while earnestly emphasizing caution to the female sex.