Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. The first of Austen’s novels completed in full & it was completed in 1803.This coming-of-age story revolves around Catherine Morland a young and naïve heroine who entertains the reader on her journey to a better understanding of the world and those around her. In the course of the novel she discovers that she differs from those other women who crave wealth or social acceptance as instead she wishes only to have happiness supported by genuine morality.Noted for the insight it gives to Austen’s one opinions of the literature of her day “Northanger Abbey” is both a satirical parody of the gothic romance novel and the story of a young girl’s maturation into womanhood.