Northanger Abbey A Wonderfully Entertaining Coming-of-Age Story Book

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Publisher's Synopsis

A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story book, Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody."


Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist.


The story's unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage.

While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey.


Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry's mother?Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy?


Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art. Executed with high-spirited gusto, Northanger Abbey is a lighthearted, yet unsentimental commentary on love and marriage.

Book information

ISBN: 9781805470809
Publisher: Fried Editor
Imprint: Fried Editor
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 386g
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 9mm