Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen author PD James editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th Aug '08

Should be back in stock very soon

Northanger Abbey cover

'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis

'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J. K. Rowling

Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire -- J.K. Rowling
Somebody reading over my shoulder refuses to believe that I found Northanger Abbey funnier than Catch 22, but I did. So there -- Jenny Colgan
The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal -- Virginia Woolf
Jane Austen's lightest and most playful novel * Independent *
Jane Austen shocks me. Beside her, Joyce seems innocent as grass -- W.H. Auden

ISBN: 9780099511878

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages