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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

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May 09, 2015 Alana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I love Catherine Morland so much all the time, and especially when she says, Real history, solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... the quarrels of popes or kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page, the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all

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Jul 13, 2016 Sabrina rated it liked it

This is my least favorite Jane Austen. Still a go to read because Jane Austen is always fun, but it seemed with this one that she couldn't make up her mind whether to make it a parody or a serious story. I feel like this book makes a U-turn in the middle and it leaves me a little confused. Also, I think that it reflects Jane's distaste for Bath in a way that is somewhat depressing, with a heroine who seems somewhat unworthy of our love and respect, even after she has her coming of age moment. I ...more

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Aug 12, 2017 Victoria Ellis rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, classic

This was really a novel of two parts for me, which makes it kind of hard to rate. Our protagonist, our heroine, Catherine Moreland is invited by some new aquainteces in Bath to their family home, Northanger Abbey. As a fan of gothic novels, Catherine is predicting a fabulously gothic home, filled with ghosts, secrets, and other staples of the genre. Everything that took place in Northanger was great, with amusing satire from Austen, thanks both to description, and the dialogue between Catherine ...more

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