Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

"Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen is a coming-of-age novel and satire of Gothic fiction completed in 1799 and published posthumously in 1817. The story follows naïve seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, whose active imagination and fondness for Gothic novels distort her view of reality. When she visits Bath and later stays at the mysterious Northanger Abbey, Catherine's romantic fantasies collide with everyday life, leading to misunderstandings and revelations. Through social entanglements and misjudgments, she must learn to distinguish fiction from reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Title Northanger Abbey
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northanger_Abbey
Credits An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger. Revised by Richard Tonsing.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject Satire
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Young women -- Fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Gothic fiction
Subject Horror tales -- Appreciation -- Fiction
Subject Books and reading -- Fiction
Subject Gentry -- England -- Fiction
Subject Marriage -- Economic aspects -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 121
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 7, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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