Northanger Abbey -- Jane Austen

The earliest of her six major novels, <i> </i><b>NorthangerAbbey</b> remained unpublished until after Jane Austen's death.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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jane Austen<br><b>Publisher:</b> Random House Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 09/01/1985<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.28lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.88h x 4.20w x 0.71d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553211979<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 10.8<br><b>Point Value:</b> 16<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>13634 / Northanger Abbey<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Though the domain of Jane Austen's novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit a