"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1904633307
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1904633307
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Thus. A delightful gift item for Jane Austen lovers. A pretty volume in nice red cloth covers, ribbon bookmark, gilt page edges.Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, afterword by David Pinching. 301p. Book. Seller Inventory # 35924
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think1904633307
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks475347
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.4. Seller Inventory # Q-1904633307