Northanger Abbey (Hardcover)

from mnicol

The annotations on the critical discussions on Northanger Abbey at the back are great. The annotations of the text are less fascinating - although I had no idea of the important differences between gigs and curricles, phaetons and carriages. The main thing I learned is that you have to read a 'go...

from Tytania

Jane Austen at her best - so much better than the humorless MANSFIELD PARK, whose annotated edition I read earlier this year. Jane as narrator is just a barrel of laughs in this one. I bookmarked a few of my favorite quotes. "Mrs. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow...

from japaul22

Northanger Abbey may not be Austen's most polished novel, but it has a youthful exuberance and charm that I really enjoy. Catherine Morland is the main character; she is young, only 17, and on her own for the first time in Bath. She meets two families, the Thorpe brother and sister, John and Isab...

from mnicol

The annotations on the critical discussions on Northanger Abbey at the back are great. The annotations of the text are less fascinating - although I had no idea of the important differences between gigs and curricles, phaetons and carriages. The main thing I learned is that you have to read a 'go...

from Tytania

Jane Austen at her best - so much better than the humorless MANSFIELD PARK, whose annotated edition I read earlier this year. Jane as narrator is just a barrel of laughs in this one. I bookmarked a few of my favorite quotes. "Mrs. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow...