Northanger Abbey

<p>Catherine Morland is modest and well mannered more comfortable reading her novels than socializing with people. When she is unexpectedly invited to the English resort city of Bath for the winter season where many wealthy families reside Catherine seizes the opportunity. Eager to create some excitement in her life Catherine will not miss the doldrums of her home in the countryside.</p><p>Catherine quickly makes friends with Isabella Thorpe a coquettish young woman who has a predilection for spreading gossip. Quirky outspoken and with her nose in everybody's business Isabella is the complete opposite in personality to Catherine. Soon after her arrival in Bath Catherine is invited by a family called the Tilneys to stay for a few weeks at their home Northanger Abbey. Excited for the prospect of living out the very same circumstances as in her beloved gothic novels Catherine is in for a rather rude awakening.</p></p> From attending dances to socializing with members of the upper-class to investigating a mysterious wing of the old manor that no one is allowed to enter Catherine escapes her sheltered life for one that is crowded with love mystery and betrayal. When she is finally forced to return home from Northanger Abbey she is left with her wild imagination and a longing for her own chance at love. Worried she has spent too much time with her nose in a book Catherine is faced with a stark reality-check she must grow up fast or fear ending up alone.</p><p><I>Northanger Abbey</I> parodies the traditional gothic novel in subtle ways. With references to Ann Radcliffe's gothic novels <I>The Romance of the Forest</I> and <I>The Mysteries of Udolpho</I> Jane Austen created the character of Catherine to remind the reader to be weary of an overactive imagination and that one must exercise caution when decoding what is true as well as what we want to believe is true.</p><p>With an eye-catching new cover and a professionally type-set manuscript this revised edition of <I>Northanger Abbey</I> is both modern and readable. Now in a collectable set read all the great Austen classics from Mint Editions Books.</p>