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According to Wiki, Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written approximately during 1798–99. It was revised by Austen for the press in 1803, and sold in the same year for £10 to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co., who decided against publishing. In 1817, the bookseller was content
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What a funny and entertaining novel! I loved how it poked fun at gothic novels and how the heroine, Catherine, frequently lets her imagination run away with itself. My 10 year old daughter and I read this novel together, and we laughed at how Catherine had envisioned a haunted, spooky abbey full of ghosts and murder, just like the gothic novels she had read, and her reaction when she actually arrived! Ha! The plot line was entertaining and engaging and we both absolutely loved it. Now, I am not
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It took me a while to get into it, but Catherine was such an amusing heroine. The entire book is silly and really funny, a great Austen novel!
I had never read this classic until now. If you are not into the classics, this might not be a book you just sit down and enjoy reading. The style is very different than most books found today.
I did enjoy it, but one reading was enough for me. :)
How do you define a classic? Is it a popular piece of literature or one that is lucky enough to stand the test of time? Maybe it is one written by a famous author and all his or her works become classics. I wonder these questions as I finish reading Jane ...more
I did enjoy it, but one reading was enough for me. :)
How do you define a classic? Is it a popular piece of literature or one that is lucky enough to stand the test of time? Maybe it is one written by a famous author and all his or her works become classics. I wonder these questions as I finish reading Jane ...more
I found the book humorous but the language tedious even with footnotes. This was the book I chose for the book published before 1850 and it was logical to read something by Jane Austen. I wish I hadn't read Pride and Prejudice, but this one was okay.
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A tale of mishaps, amusing....Jane Austen's first book.
Kind of a quick read, really.
Not as well developed as Emma or Persuasion...which are brilliant but a quick, good read. Likeable heroine. ...more
Kind of a quick read, really.
Not as well developed as Emma or Persuasion...which are brilliant but a quick, good read. Likeable heroine. ...more
I listened to a special Audible performance of this fable. It was done very well but I dare say I think that I could have retained more knowledge of this tale if I had been reading the account in a paper version which I could lay my eyes upon said story and visit the previous pages to discern items of unremarkable remembrance.
Jun 23, 2012
Christal
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