Northanger Abbey

Introduction

Northanger Abbey (/ˈnɔːrθæŋər/) is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels[1] written by the English author Jane Austen. Although the title page is dated 1818 and it was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion, Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, making it the first of Austen's novels to be completed in full.[2] The story concerns Catherine Morland, the naïve young protagonist, and her journey to a better understanding of herself and of the world around her after Catherine's fondness for Gothic novels and her active imagination distort her view of the world.[3][4]


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