Northanger Abbey (Vintage Classics Austen Series)

Jane Austen author PD James editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:26th Jun '14

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Northanger Abbey (Vintage Classics Austen Series) cover

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series: all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers

Jane Austen takes a satirical swipe at the gothic novel in this classic book bursting with sly subversive wit.

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

Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination.

Jane Austen takes a satirical swipe at the gothic novel in this classic book bursting with sly subversive wit.

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


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.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES

VINTAGE CLASSICS AUSTEN SERIES - all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed and introduced by our finest contemporary writers.

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: 9780099589297

Dimensions: 178mm x 129mm x 19mm

Weight: 232g

304 pages