Northanger Abbey - Second Edition

About this book

First accepted by a publisher in 1803 Northanger Abbey was eventually published posthumously in 1818. In it Austen weaves a romance full of suspense and comedy around the heroine Catherine Morlands first foray into society. The style of the novel is a unique hybrid; along the way Austen parodies the eighteenth-century novel of manners the Gothic novel and even the educational treatises of the time. The second Broadview edition includes a revised introduction notes bibliography and expanded appendices of background contextual materials.