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In this spirited comedy of manners Catherine Morland, a plain, unspoiled small-town girl on holiday in Bath, meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, a handsome young clergyman. Henry's father, believing Catherine to be wealthy, invites her to be a guest at Northanger Abby,... Read Full Overview

In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely expressed in her day. The Collection included 'Sense and Sensibility', 'Pride... Read Full Overview

The earliest of her six major novels, NorthangerAbbey remained unpublished until after Jane Austen's death. A deliciously witty satire of popular Gothic romances, it is perhaps Austen's lightest, most delightful excursion into a young woman's world. Catherine Morland, an unlikely... Read Full Overview

A young woman comes of age and realizes that life is not a Gothic novel.

Northanger Abbey is a satirical novel by Jane Austen that pokes fun at Gothic fiction, which was popular during Austen's time. The story follows Catherine Morland, a naive young woman who loves reading Gothic novels. She is invited to visit Bath and ends up meeting Henry Tilney,... Read Full Overview

This elegant collector's edition presents Jane Austen's classic novel, Northanger Abbey, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.

'No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.'