NORTHANGER ABBEY, Twitter Version (Chapters 1-8)

NORTHANGER ABBEY is, sadly,
perhaps the most underrated book in the Austen canon. It is also becoming one
of my favorites. (In truth, they are all my favorites.) The more I read and
re-read this novel, the more I appreciate its humor, its heart, its wise
commentary on human nature, and the lessons it provides, not only for those
coming of age as teenagers, but those of us who are coming of age at any stage
of life. And its famous defense of the novel form is...