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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Start date: February 1, 2020

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Jun 26, 2012 midnightfaerie rated it liked it

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen was a light and fun story, typical of most Austen novels. Published after her death, it has a slightly different tone than the others, almost as if it was a different writing style altogether. I almost wonder if she meant to ever have it published. The plot centers around a young girl named Catherine, who falls in love with Henry Tilney, a clergyman. Between the misunderstandings and overactive imagination of the young 17-year ...more

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Dec 01, 2011 Cleo rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, english-literature, 2015-reading-england, 2015-52-books-in-52-weeks, 2015-jane-austen-project

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Nov 18, 2012 Daniela rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Es la primera obra de Jane Austen que leo y me encanta lo que hace con las palabras. La narración es algo lenta, cosa que no sorprende si se considera que es una obra con un par de siglos de antiguedad. Pero es deliciosamente irónica y divertida, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a las descripciones de la narradora sobre lo que supuestamente debería hacer la heroína de la historia. El libro fue una perfecta compañía para mi fin de semana.

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