Name: Northanger Abbey
Rating: 3.870731707317073 (615 reviews)
ISBN: 9780099589297

Jane Austen

P. D. James

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. '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.

Northanger Abbey

The book was released posthumously and was written much before the iconic hits of Pride and Prejudice and Emma.  The story doesn't hit you the way it should and it feels rather cliche and abit shallow as I couldn't connect with any characters. 

the major plus point is that this book was pretty funny and is a very good stress relief. 

but yeah the plot was rather weak, so just read it if you wanna laugh

Aarush Arora

Northanger Abbey- B tier

The book was released posthumously and was written much before the iconic hits of Pride and Prejudice and Emma.  The story doesn't hit you the way it should and it feels rather cliche and abit shallow as I couldn't connect with any characters. 

the major plus point is that this book was pretty funny and is a very good stress relief. 

but yeah the plot was rather weak, so just read it if you wanna laugh

M. Sosotris

A charming, fluffy confection of a story. Catherine is a sweet likeable heroine who obsession with gothic novels causes her to see ghosts around every corner and skeletons in every closet.

While this one lacks the emotional depth and narrative complexity of Austen’s other works, I had a fabulous time with this one. It’s fun, funny, and sparkles with Austen’s signature ironic wit.

I’m looking forward to following it up with Persuasion.

Regan Martin

catherine's just every young girl who's ever gone out into the big world and is a little awkward about it

julia

You can't go wrong with Jane Austin. A girl who loves books and scares herself when reading horror? How could I not enjoy!

Soph

I love literature about girls loving novels <333

Margo Koss

While enjoying a six weeks' stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society. Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational and the macabre, Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic adventure of intrigue and suspense - and, once there, soon begins to form the most gruesome and improbable theories about the exploits of its occupants. An early work, but published posthumously, Northanger Abbey is a parody of the Gothic genre typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austen's later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story.

"Catherine Morland"

 by Jane Austen has a promising start, and it kept me intrigued for about the first 20 pages until it lost its charm as the story progressed. It quickly becomes dull, lacking a compelling plot and I didn't feel invested to the characters. Not one. And I know many say, "It's satirical; you aren't supposed to like them." Okay, but I don't even like the story itself, so, what now? 

One interesting observation related to the book is the notion that readers tend to favour either the Brontë sisters (Emily, Charlotte, and Anne) 

 Jane Austen - this is mutually exclusive. The remark, based on a TikTok video, suggests that one's preference for one author may lead to a dislike of the others. I didn't believe it at first until I read the comments under the video and a few other videos related to Austen and the Brontë sisters. It turns out many people believed this notion too, and although I've only read one of each author (except Emily), I might be more of a Brontë girl. However, I'm willing to give Jane Austen another chance. 

While I didn't find Northanger Abbey as captivating as the works of the Brontë sisters, it's worth noting that Austen's writing style and themes differ significantly from those of the Brontës. It may be worthwhile for me to explore Austen's other novels; "Pride and Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility," which are considered among her best works.

Tali ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen has a promising start, and it kept me intrigued for about the first 20 pages until it lost its charm as the story progressed. It quickly becomes dull, lacking a compelling plot and I didn't feel invested to the characters. Not one. And I know many say, "It's satirical; you aren't supposed to like them." Okay, but I don't even like the story itself, so, what now? 

One interesting observation related to the book is the notion that readers tend to favour either the Brontë sisters (Emily, Charlotte, and Anne) or Jane Austen - this is mutually exclusive. The remark, based on a TikTok video, suggests that one's preference for one author may lead to a dislike of the others. I didn't believe it at first until I read the comments under the video and a few other videos related to Austen and the Brontë sisters. It turns out many people believed this notion too, and although I've only read one of each author (except Emily), I might be more of a Brontë girl. However, I'm willing to give Jane Austen another chance. 

While I didn't find Northanger Abbey as captivating as the works of the Brontë sisters, it's worth noting that Austen's writing style and themes differ significantly from those of the Brontës. It may be worthwhile for me to explore Austen's other novels; "Pride and Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility," which are considered among her best works.

Sajiya Chaudhary

This is my second book by Jane Austen, and while the main plot or love story is not as deep or complicated as Pride & Prejudice's, it still was engaging. I liked that our heroine is an ordinary, naive, not-so-beautiful girl, which makes this a kind of common-of-age novel of 18o0s, which is how it's described on the Internet. The satire of gothic novels was pretty on point, considering they were all rage around that time. And the mild commentary on why men shouldn't criticise reading novels, since they read them as much as women. 
In between around 5-6th chapter, I started getting a very feminist vibe from the text, when it diverged from the core novel to a full fledged outpour of frustration, that I kind of felt all the while reading this story. 
The banter here unlike Darcy & Elizabeth's was pretty enlightening. I kind of like Henry Tilney more than Darcy here, since he was so forthcoming with his thoughts and opinions over subjects which I want men to talk, and be honest about. 
Ready to read more of Austen and transport myself to the England of 1800.

Library Edition

Sarah Sammis

Haloo, Jane spojila gotickú satiru, paródiu na vtedajšie novely, believable romance a kritiku high class do jednej naloženej knihy.

Klára Kováčiková 

It was funny and addicting, I couldn’t stop reading once I started because it was so suspenseful

Ania Wysoczanska

Melissa Palmer

Basing this rating on the full cast audible version, which made the story so much more enjoyable to me. Northanger Abbey has always been my least favorite Jane Austen, but Emma Thompson's narration, the sound effects, and the voice acting of all the characters just made this story more entertaining

Emma Lechner

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Sara Uribe

This may be my shortest review ever. 

Have you ever read a book and know what you were reading but it just didn't sink in? This was this kind of read for me. This book started out strong for me and then by the middle I couldn't keep my focus and I didn’t care to know what was going on. I wasn't engaged in the second half of the book like I was at the beginning, which was so disappointing. This is my second read from Jane Austen and so far this is my least favorite book so far. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.

i have long wanted to read a classic, but have been to scared to because i think my brain is not capable of handling the complex language and pacing of story. Northanger Abbey had been in my bookshelf for probably atleast a year and when i finally picked it up it was an amazing read. the first part of the book was entirely a different vibe than the second and the second was definelty more creepy and eerie, i feel like the romance betwen tileny and catherine should have been highlighted more. I LOVE JAMES MORLAND AND NEED A HENRY TILNEY IN MY LIFE. the way tilney helped catherine experience jer emotions to the fullest, always supported her and talked to her in such a flirtatious tone made me blush and giggle. oh how much i hated reading about John Thrope. i loved the way the book romanticized friendship so much. i couldnt have read and understood this without the help of the videos on youtube explaining every chapter in such great detail. i think i want to read all of Jane Austens novels now. I loved the way this book shaded on other general tropes of novels and was so funny and ironical to read as well. honestly i loved the book so very very much and im so happy that i read it!

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