Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0140434135
- ISBN 13
- 9780140434132
- Seller
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KALAMATA, Greece
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About This Item
Northanger Abbey was among the last of Jane Austen's novels to be published, in 1818, but the first to be written, mostly in 1798-9. Centred on the loves and friendships of Catherine Morland, an endearing young girl extremely fond of novel-reading, it remains the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's novels.
During an eventful season in Bath, Catherine meets the sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to stay at their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There Catherine runs into dangers, imaginary and real, and learns how to tell the difference between books and real life, false friends and true.
For this completely new edition, Marilyn Butler provides an accurate text based on the first edition complete with introduction and notes. By placing Northanger Abbey firmly in its literary and topical context, Marilyn Butler shows that it is a more sophisticated novel than is often thought, and a sharp social commentary on a consumerist world to which modern readers can easily relate.
Synopsis
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written about the years 1798-1799. It was revised by Austen for the press in 1803, and sold in the same year for £10 to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co. , who decided against publishing.
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- Bookseller
- Fay Tsapoga (GR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17
- Title
- Northanger Abbey
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140434135
- ISBN 13
- 9780140434132
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 232
- Keywords
- Literature
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