| Title | Northanger Abbey |
| Author | Jane Austen |
| Call Number | PR4034 .N7 2000 |
| Location | 2nd Floor Humanities |
| Rating | Recommended |
| Book Review | I picked this up because it was the only novel of Jane Austen's I hadn't yet read, and found it was a fairly light satire of the gothic novels of the day, a deconstruction and reversal of the romantic tropes of the time, and at the same time, a defense of novels against those who dismissed them as "unworthy" reading material. The story centers of Catherine Morland, a fairly regular girl who gets invited to go on vacation in Bath, and follows her as peer pressure, deception, and her own overactive imagination almost get in the way of finding a husband. If you like Jane Austen, you'll probably like this one. |
| Submitted By | Kristin Laughtin-Dunker |
| Department or Major | Leatherby Libraries |
| Status | Staff |
| Chapman Email | laughtin@chapman.edu |
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Monday, June 19, 2017
Northanger Abbey
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