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''Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire'' J. K. Rowling

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.



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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

Northanger Abbey

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 07/08/2008
      ISBN13: 9780099511878, 978-0099511878
      ISBN10: 0099511878
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire'' J. K. Rowling

      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.



      Trade Review
      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

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