Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

Categories:  Classics  Novel  Romance  Satire  Women's Fiction

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Description

A vacation to the exotic location of Bath brings excitement and novelty to teenager Catherine Morland's life. Eager for a grand adventure to begin once she arrives, Catherine is delighted to receive the attentions of a handsome young man of Bath—Henry Tinley. Catherine's new suitor invites her to stay with his family at their sumptuous home, Northanger Abbey. With an imagination chock full of the gothic tales she loves to read, with their ghosts, murderers, and mysteries, Catherine is ready for anything when she makes her appearance at the Abbey. To her surprise, she finds a forbidden set of rooms that once belonged to Henry's mother, a woman who died many years ago. Henry's father seems strangely unemotional when he describes this past tragedy to Catherine, and her curiosity is set aflame. What really happened years ago between the oddly aloof Mr. Tinley and his unfortunate wife? Has Catherine really stumbled into a real-life murder mystery?

About the Author

Educated and trained in her craft largely within her family home, Jane Austen (1775-1817) developed a singularly sharp eye and keen wit for chronicling the lives, loves, and misadventures of the English gentry. Although little-read during her lifetime, Austen has since been awarded a lasting place as one of the most brilliant English women ever to put pen to paper. Austen's novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey welcome readers of all ages and eras to delight in their timeless humor and poignancy.

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THIS little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. It was disposed of to a bookseller, it was even advertised, and why the business proceeded no farther, the author has never been able to learn. That any bookseller should think it worth-while to purchase what ...

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