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Everyone comes into Jane Austen with their own preconceptions and, having stayed away from her since that C+ I received on my Emma paper at 19, I am grateful to the Bronx librarian who chose Northanger Abbey for his February 2020 book club selection. She is funny. To steal a movie title, her characters are wonderfully clueless in their understanding of the world, at first, as they lurch toward the match one longs for them to make. As for the lesser characters, all one needs is the occasional ant
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I really enjoyed this book! I have been struggling my way through Emma for months, but this one was short, cute, and entertaining. It reminded me of being a teenager, reading lots of books and thinking nothing exciting ever happened to me.
I mean... it’s Jane Austen.
Apr 28, 2019
Kate
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I found this a relatively easy read. I'm also curious now to read The Mysteries of Udolpho...
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Oct 09, 2015
Taryn
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Read for the "A book more than 100 years old" category in the 2015 reading challenge.
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Jul 29, 2010
Amy
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Katie
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Aug 22, 2018
Amanda
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Ali
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