Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics Northanger Abbey! These were thrilling words & wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest point of ecstasy' Considered the most light-hearted & satirical of Austen's novels Northanger Abbey tells the story of an unlikely young heroine Catherine Morland While staying in Bath Catherine meets Henry Tilney & his sister Eleanor who invite her to their family estate Northanger Abbey A fan of Gothic Romance novels naive Catherine is soon letting her imagination run wild in the atmospheric abbey fuelled by her friendship with the vivacious Isabella Thorpe It is only when the realities of life set in around her that Catherine's fantastical world is shattered A coming-of-age novel Austen expertly parodies the Gothic romance novels of her time & reveals much about her unsentimental view of love & marriage in the eighteenth century ...

Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime Val Mc Dermid Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary To cope she devours as many novels as possible especially anything supernatural But if Cat can tear her eyes away from the page she's in for a shock the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true An invite to the Edinburgh Festival from some wealthy neighbours throws her in the way of a mysterious young man Henry Tilney; a like-minded friend Isabella Thorpe; & her odious brother who threatens to ruin Cat's chances of adventure But this heroine is not so easily deterred especially when she's singled out by the Tilney family to stay with them at their imposing gothic castle Northanger Abbey Turrets & creaking doors there may be but in the depths of the Scottish Borders Cat is isolated from the outside world with no phone signal & no internet She's all alone in an ancient abbey alive with old secrets & a family who are not quite as they seem Is real life about to become more terrifying than the world of her imaginations PECIFICATIONS testing NULL ...

While enjoying a six weeks' stay in fashionable Bath the young & callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational & the macabre Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic adventure of intrigue & suspense
- & once there soon begins to form the most gruesome & improbable theories about the exploits of its occupants An early work but published posthumously Northanger Abbey is a parody of the Gothic genre typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austen's later novels & ultimately an enchanting love story
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Broadly comedic & brilliantly postmodern in its lampooning of a genre the Jane Austen classic Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted When she moves to Bath she sees mystery & intrigue all around her not least of all in Northanger Abbey itself the home of General Tilney & his handsome son Henry where Catherine suspects a sinister crime has occurred Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also

Includes:: an afterword by David Pinching Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PD JAMESThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer & illustrator Leanne Shapton & introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers & Austen fans Alexander Mc Call Smith Lynne Truss Amanda Vickery Francesca Segal PD James & Andrew Motion ' Jane Austen is a genius & Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination Her naivety & love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath & her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing & entertaining consequences ...

Introduction & Notes by David Blair University of Kent Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered rural home to enter the busy sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s Austen observes with insight & humour the interaction between Catherine & the various characters whom she meets there & tracks her growing understanding of the world about her In this her first full-length novel Austen also fixes her sharp ironic gaze on other kinds of contemporary novel especially the Gothic school made famous by Ann Radcliffe Catherine's reading becomes intertwined with her social & romantic adventures adding to the uncertainties & embarrassments she must undergo before finding happiness ...

A witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is edited with an introduction & notes by Marylin Butler in Penguin Classics During an eventful season at Bath young naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time She is delighted with her new acquaintances rude boorish John Thorpe his flirtatious sister Isabella who shares Catherine's love of sensational novels & intrigue & sophisticated Eleanor & Henry Tilney who invite her to their father's mysterious house Northanger Abbey There her imagination influenced by Gothic romances such as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney With its broad comedy & irrepressible impressionable heroine this is the most youthful & optimistic of Jane Austen's works The Penguin Classics edition of Northanger Abbey is based on the first edition of 1818 &

Includes:: a chronology & additional suggestions for further reading Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride & Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey If you enjoyed Northanger Abbey you may like Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho also available in Penguin Classics The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal (Virginia Woolf) These modern editions are to be strongly recommended for their scrupulous texts informative notes & helpful introductions (Brian Southam The Jane Austen Society)

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen' To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive' During an eventful season at Bath young naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time She is delighted with her new acquaintances flirtatious Isabella who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance & horror & sophisticated Henry & Eleanor Tilney who invite her to their father's mysterious house Northanger Abbey There her imagination influenced by novels of sensation & intrigue Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney With its broad comedy & irrepressible heroine this is the most youthful & and optimistic of Jane Austen's works The Penguin English Library
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones) a spirited young beauty from the country enters into the depraved society of Bath with dreams & fantasies sparked by her love of gothic romance novels There she meets two men vying for her affection
- the dashing & jealous John Thorpe (William Beck) & the gentle & sincere Henry Tilney (JJ Feild) Despite the advice of her mischievous new friend Isabella (Carey Mulligan) Catherine treats neither as more than a dear friend That is until Catherine accepts an invitation to Northanger Abbey from Henry&s grave & severe father General Tilney (Liam Cunningham) Her passion for the dark & mysterious feeds her imagination as tyrannical fathers & diabolical villains work their evil on forelorn heroines trapped in isolated castles much like Northanger Actors Felicity Jones JJ Feild Carey Mulligan Hugh O& Conor Liam Cunningham Mark Dymond Sylvestra Le Touzel William Beck Giedrius Nagys Catherine Walker Gerry O& Brien Desmond Barrit Liam Mc Mahon Peter Dillon & Alana Brennan Director Jon Jones Certificate PGYear 2007 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players


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