02476cam a2200421 i 4500 623864310 TxAuBib 20071113120000.0 990603s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99215581 9780553211979 paperback $4.95 0553211978 paperback $4.95 (OCoLC)41477223 TxAuBib rda Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Caroline Field Levander. New York : Bantam Books, 1999. xviii, 215 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215). The earliest of her six major novels," "NorthangerAbbey remained unpublished until after Jane Austen' s death.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 heroine- unlikely because she is so ordinary- forsakes her English village for the pleasures and perils of Bath. There, among a circle of Austen' s wonderfully vain, dissembling, and fashionable characters, she meets a potential suitor, Henry Tilney. But with her imagination fueled by melodramatic novels, Catherine turns a visit to his home, Northanger Abbey, into a hunt for dark family secrets. The result is a series of hilarious social gaffes and harsh awakenings that for all of Austen' s youthful exuberance nevertheless conveys her mature vision of literature and life- and the consequences of mistaking one for the other. Accelerated Reader AR MG 10.8 16 13634. 20071113. Horror tales Appreciation Fiction. Books and reading Fiction. Young women Fiction. England Juvenile fiction. Satirical fiction. Gothic fiction. Love stories. Fiction. lcgft https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random0510/99215581.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random043/99215581.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random048/99215581.html Publisher description TXKPL