Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Austen, Jane; Butler, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140434135 ISBN 13: 9780140434132

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1995

Synopsis

Northanger Abbey is the earliest of Jane Austen's great comedies of female enlightenment and combines literary burlesque - making fun of the excesses of the Gothic novel - with larger moral, philosophical, and social issues: the folly of letting literature get in the way of life, the inexcusability of not thinking for oneself, and the painful difficulties (especially for women) involved in growing up. Lady Susan and The Watsons are early compositions that reflect many of the qualities of Northanger Abbey. The first is an epistolary novel centring on the intrigues of the villainous Lady Susan; the second is an unfinished example of Jane Austen's most characteristic form - a story where the heroine is outstanding for her sense and goodness, virtues notably lacking in the other characters, who are here part of an altogether bleaker vision. Sanditon, too, is tragically incomplete, and it signals the achievement of a new depth and breadth of comic insight on the part of its author.

About this title

Product Description:

RO60067951. NORTHANGER ABBEY. 1995. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 231 pages. Illustré de quelques reproductions en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Review:

'Benedict and Le Faye ... provide in their respective volumes a generous, helpful, and historically informed introduction to the work and its reception; a set of informative, judicious explanatory notes; and a meticulously prepared and visually well presented text. ... The Northanger Abbey edition is excellent ... offers a magnificent summary ...' Devoney Looser, University of Missouri

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140434135
• ISBN 13: 9780140434132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288