Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is a witty Regency-era novel that blends romance, satire, and coming-of-age storytelling through the lively imagination of Catherine Morland. Fascinated by gothic novels, Catherine enters fashionable society in Bath and later visits the mysterious Northanger estate, where her reading habits lead her to mistake ordinary life for dark intrigue. Through humor, irony, and sharp social observation, the novel explores youthful innocence, friendship, courtship, class, imagination, and the difference between fantasy and reality.

Disponibile da: 19/05/2026.

Lunghezza di stampa: 291 pagine.

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