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Northanger Abbey

A Norton Critical Edition
By Jane Austen
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Northanger Abbey is a delightful coming-of-age novel following young Catherine Morland as she navigates the social whirl of Bath and the intrigues of Northanger Abbey. With her vivid imagination, heavily influenced by gothic novels, Catherine finds herself entangled in misunderstandings, friendships, and romance. The story gently satirises the era's obsession with gothic literature while exploring themes of innocence and self-discovery.
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This novel may appeal to you if you enjoy a delightful satire of Gothic novels, combined with keen social commentary. It follows a young and imaginative heroine on her journey through romance and self-discovery, offering both humour and insight into human nature. If you appreciate charming narratives with a touch of irony, this classic tale could be a wonderful read.

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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey, written in Jane Austen’s youth and posthumously published, is arguably her most mysterious, imaginative, and optimistic novel.

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This Norton Critical Edition is the most extensively annotated student edition available.

Backgrounds features material carefully chosen to enhance readers' appreciation of the novel, including biographical commentary, early works, and correspondence related to Northanger Abbey, and excerpts by Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and William Wordsworth, among others, tracing Austen's connection to her Romantic contemporaries.

Criticism collects thirteen assessments of Northanger Abbey from a wide range of voices and periods, including essays by Margaret Oliphant and Rebecca West and critics Patricia Meyer Spacks, Claudia L. Johnson, Lee Erickson, and Joseph Litvak.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Series: Norton Critical Editions

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393978506

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Critical edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Susan Fraiman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 384

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Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, in England. Her father, an Anglican clergyman, encouraged her literary pursuits from a young age and by her mid-twenties, Austen had drafted three novels. Following the success of Sense and Sensibility in 1811, she went on to publish Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously in 1818. Despite her fondness for marriage plots–all six of her novels end in weddings–Austen never married, living with her mother and sister in the years leading up to her death. She died on July 18, 1817, in the city of Winchester. Over two centuries later, Austen’s novels remain beloved classics, and she is considered one of the foremost writers in English literary history. Susan Fraiman is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Unbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development and Cool Men and the Second Sex. In addition to essays on Jane Austen, she has published numerous articles in the areas of feminist and cultural studies.

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