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  • Published: 1 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780099589297
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

Northanger Abbey (Vintage Classics Austen Series)



Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series: all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers


Jane Austen takes a satirical swipe at the gothic novel in this classic book bursting with sly subversive wit.

'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis

Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES

  • Published: 1 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780099589297
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

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Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire

J.K. Rowling

Somebody reading over my shoulder refuses to believe that I found Northanger Abbey funnier than Catch 22, but I did. So there

Jenny Colgan

The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal

Virginia Woolf

Jane Austen's lightest and most playful novel

Independent

Jane Austen shocks me. Beside her, Joyce seems innocent as grass

W.H. Auden

Who needs eReaders when book publishers are repackaging classic tales in beautiful covers like these? … Perfect for fans of the author

Bella

Beautifully designed… Perfect collectable gift for Austen fans and design devotees

So Darling

These might be the loveliest editions of Jane Austen’s novels we’ve seen in a long time

A Little Bird (blog)

An absolute riot: a dry pastiche of gothic and romance novels that both celebrates, and rolls its eyes at, youthful credulity

Kat Brown, Independent
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