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Northanger Abbey (Signet Classics)
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Northanger Abbey (Signet Classics) Mass market paperback - 2008

by Austen, Jane; Drabble, Margaret [Introduction]; Laurens, Stephanie [Afterword];

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A sly commentary on the power of literature and a warning for women about being too innocent, Austens classic novel of a young woman receiving intensive instruction in the ways of the world features a new Afterword and a striking new package. Revised reissue.

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  • Title Northanger Abbey (Signet Classics)
  • Author Austen, Jane; Drabble, Margaret [Introduction]; Laurens, Stephanie [Afterword];
  • Binding Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet
  • Date 2008-02-05
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0451530845
  • ISBN 9780451530844 / 0451530845
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.94 x 4.86 x 0.69 in (17.63 x 12.34 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 910
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Marriage
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008273856
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

New package for Austen's brilliant satire of the gothic novel

A sly commentary on the power of literature and a warning for women about being too innocent, here is a fresh, funny novel of a young woman receiving, as Margaret Drabble reveals in her illuminating introduction, "intensive instruction in the ways of the world."

From the publisher

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817.

As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.

Margaret Drabble is recipient of many prestigious awards for her writing, which includes works of nonfiction as well as numerous novels.

About the author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, a rector, and his wife, Cassandra. Like many girls of her day, she was educated at home, where she began her literary career by writing parodies and skits for the amusement of her large family. Although Austen did not marry, she did have several suitors and once accepted a marriage proposal, but only for an evening. Although Austen never lived apart from her family, her work shows a worldly and wise sensibility. Her novels include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), and Northanger Abbeyand Persuasion, published together posthumously in 1818.

Margaret Drabble is the highly acclaimed novelist, biographer, and editor of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Her novels include The Gates of Ivory, The Seven Sisters, and The Red Queen. She lives in London.

Stephanie Laurens is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty historical romances set in Regency England. Her Cynster and Bastion Club novels are beloved by readers worldwide.