Northanger Abbey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780141439792)

Austen's witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality

During an eventful season at Bath, young, na ve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.

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Author: Jane Austen
ISBN-10: 0141439793
ISBN-13: 9780141439792
Publisher: Penguin Group
Language: English
Published: 04/29/2003
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.07w x 0.78d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10.8
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 13634 / Northanger Abbey