Allen, an older but flighty, irresponsible woman, Catherine Morland falls in love with Henry Tilney, a young clergyman. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. The heroine of Northanger Abbey is a Gothic novel-obsessed young woman who sees intrigue and mystery everywhere. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.

There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. 2 3 It is part of the Screen Two anthology series. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey is a 1987 made-for-television film adaptation of Jane Austen 's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey, and was originally broadcast on the A&E Network and the BBC on 15 February 1987. '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'ĭuring an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: 9780141197715 : Books Part of Penguins beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible. The Penguin English Library Edition of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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