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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Apr 15, 2013 Cecily rated it liked it · review of another edition

Spirited Catherine Morland, at 17, samples the delights of Bath society, along with the pressures and betrayals that go with it, mixing with those more wealthy and educated than she is. At times her imagination runs away with her (it all gets rather gothic), but at other times, she takes things at face value and doesn't see the obvious, which is part of her charm, both to the reader and some of the men she meets. The ending is much too abrupt, and personally I am not very keen on Austen's occasi ...more

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Jun 27, 2014 Miss Amelia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, loveable-love-story, 2014, british-lit

One good thing about Jane Austen only writing 6 books is that it doesn't have to be an arduous feat to read them all.

Like many (most?) American AP high school students, I had to read Pride and Prejudice in high school. For fun and giggles, I had also read Emma, and I'd seen the major '90s film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility (you know, the one in which Alan Rickman doesn't play a villain). Last year I read Mansfield Park (uggh not a favorite), so only Persuasion and this novel remained.

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Apr 22, 2017 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it liked it

Shelves: female-lead, under-revision, 3-stars, not-manga, 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die, 2017, title-n

This just didn't mesh well with me. I'm at a loss, because I love Austin's work. I don't know if it was what's going on with my life or the plot. At this point in my life, all romance will suffer my bias. I'll read this again in a year or two. ...more

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May 01, 2020 Kacie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: i-own-a-copy

I closed the book and said, "Dang, Jane!"

Loved the snark, the asides from Austen within the book, the characters, the sarcasm. It had a lot going on and I want to read it again.

4.5 rounded uuuup ...more

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Aug 31, 2013 Staciel rated it really liked it

Shelves: classic-lit

Oh, Jane Austen, I do love you!!! As a result, giving this book only 4 stars is causing me a bit of pain..

This year being the 200th Anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I decided to take on one or two of Austen's novels that I was unfamiliar with... Up until this year, I would have been only able to discuss P&P, Sense & Sensibility and to a degree, Emma...

Today, I can add Persuasion (my new favorite Austen novel), and now Northanger Abbey to that list.

The 'heroine' of the novel, Catherine Morland i ...more

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