Northanger Abbey (Signet Classics)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0451526368
ISBN 13
9780451526366
Category
Classics - Austen
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Publication Year
1996
Publisher
Pages
240
Subject
F Aus
Abstract
Both a comedy of manners and a cautionary tale. Seventeen year old Catherine Morland, a spirited young woman preoccupied with the pleasures of dressing , dancing, and reading sensational novels. When she is on a visit to the fashionable spa town of Bath, Catherine's naive charm makes her prey to the sinister influences of the ambitious Thorpe family. But she is rescued by the handsome Henry Tilney for a visit to the ancestral home, Northanger Abbey, where Catherine's choice of reading material comes back to haunt her. The rambling house full of locked doors and the family's mysterious history give rise to dreadful suspicious, and finally only Catherine's sweet nature and good humor can once again rescue her from peril.
Description
Both a comedy of manners and a cautionary tale. Seventeen year old Catherine Morland, a spirited young woman preoccupied with the pleasures of dressing , dancing, and reading sensational novels. When she is on a visit to the fashionable spa town of Bath, Catherine's naive charm makes her prey to the sinister influences of the ambitious Thorpe family. But she is rescued by the handsome Henry Tilney for a visit to the ancestral home, Northanger Abbey, where Catherine's choice of reading material comes back to haunt her. The rambling house full of locked doors and the family's mysterious history give rise to dreadful suspicious, and finally only Catherine's sweet nature and good humor can once again rescue her from peril.
Number of Copies
1
