Northanger Abbey (edit title)

Angie R edited the quotations of Northanger Abbey 1 day ago.

• Added a quotation: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”Henry Tilney

Shelfari edited the description of Northanger Abbey 2 weeks ago.

• Catherine is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels but also to expose the horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects, Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Chelsey C edited the first sentence of Northanger Abbey 2 weeks ago.

• "NoNo one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine."heroine.

Kevin approved Ulrich’s request to combine 56 books, including Northanger Abbey, Monday, November 16 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of Northanger Abbey Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Matthew Francis: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray edited the contributors of Northanger Abbey Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Matthew Francis: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray approved Shelfari’s request to change the contributors of Northanger Abbey Saturday, November 14 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Added a contributor: Matthew Francis: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the contributors of Northanger Abbey Friday, November 13 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Added a contributor: Matthew Francis: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Northanger Abbey Friday, November 13 2009.

• "No"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine."heroine."

Ulrich submitted a request to combine 175 books, including Northanger Abbey, Friday, November 13 2009.