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The Masterpiece Collection: Jane Austen's all-time best-seller novel Sense & Sensibility. All MASTERPIECE COLLECTION books from Jane Austen available here at Amazon ... The young and naive Catherine Morland ventures into the complexities of adult social life. Her ideas of romance and adventure are formed by reading Gothic novels. Of course, Catherine starts to realize that real life is quite a bit different than fiction.

[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] Read by GLENDA JACKSON, Academy Award-winning British actress Jane Austen's first major novel, a parody of the popular literature of the time, is an ironic tale of the romantic folly of men and women in pursuit of love, marriage, and money. The humorous adventures of young Catherine as she encounters ''the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath'' lead to some of Austen's most brilliant social satire. There is Catherine's hilarious liaison with a paragon of bad manners and boastfulness; her disastrous friendship with an unforgettably crass coquette; and a whirl of cotillion dances with their timeless mortifications. A visit to ancient Northanger Abbey, the ancestral home of the novel's handsome hero, excites the irrepressible Catherine's hopes of romance amid gothic horrors. But what awaits her there is a drama of a different kind, in this most youthfully exuberant and broadly comic of Jane Austen's works.

This is an unabridged recording of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, read by Anna Massey. Catherine Morland reads popular tales of Gothic romance, yet leads a quiet country life in Wiltshire. When she travels to Bath with Mr and Mrs Allen she meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney. She is invited by his sister and father to stay with them at Northanger Abbey, where she encounters all the trappings of Gothic horror that she has read about. Fortunately, she has her own fundamental good sense and the irresistible but unsentimental hero, Henry Tilney. "Northanger Abbey", published in 1818, is generally agreed to be Jane Austen's earliest work.

Catherine Morland, a young woman who feels destined to become a heroine (like the ones in Gothic romances), is from a small provincial village. She is invited by a wealthy neighbor to accompany her to Bath, one of the most fashionable watering places of the day. At Bath she is carried away with affairs of the heart which labor clumsily toward unsatisfactory conclusions. Jane Austen seems to be telling us that when we court dreams we wake to foolishness. In NORTHANGER ABBEY, Jane Austen's cool, ironic humor, stylish prose and beautifully constructed plots are still capable of charming a new generation of readers.

[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] Jane Austen's first major novel, a parody of the popular literature of the time, is an ironic tale of the romantic folly of men and women in pursuit of love, marriage, and money. The humorous adventures of young Catherine as she encounters ''the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath'' lead to some of Austen's most brilliant social satire. There is Catherine's hilarious liaison with a paragon of bad manners and boastfulness, her disastrous friendship with an unforgettably crass coquette, and a whirl of cotillion dances with their timeless mortifications. A visit to ancient Northanger Abbey, the ancestral home of the novel's handsome hero, excites the irrepressible Catherine's hopes of romance amid gothic horrors. But what awaits her there is a drama of a different kind, in this most youthfully exuberant and broadly comic of Jane Austen's works.

Northanger Abbey was written in 1798, but it was not published until after Jane Austen's death. The novel is the coming of age story of Catherine Morland, who is taken to the fashionable resort of Bath with her friends the Allens. While in Bath, she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. The Tilneys invite Catherine to Northanger Abbey, the Tilneys' family estate. Catherine, an avid reader of Gothic novels, soon becomes obsessed with the thought that possible atrocities are going on at the abbey. The first of Jane Austen's novels, this is a wonderful satire of the Gothic novels of that era. Austen pokes fun at the romantic follies of the genteel classes as they pursue love, marriage, and money.

Northanger Abbey was written in 1798, but it was not published until after Jane Austen's death. The novel is the coming of age story of Catherine Morland, who is taken to the fashionable resort of Bath with her friends the Allens. While in Bath, she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. The Tilneys invite Catherine to Northanger Abbey, the Tilneys' family estate. Catherine, an avid reader of Gothic novels, soon becomes obsessed with the thought that possible atrocities are going on at the abbey. The first of Jane Austen's novels, this is a wonderful satire of the Gothic novels of that era. Austen pokes fun at the romantic follies of the genteel classes as they pursue love, marriage, and money.

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her.” --Excerpt Northanger Abbey, written in 1798, was not published until after Austen's death when it was compiled with her final novel, Persuasion. It is a fierce parody of the late 18th century's Gothic-style fainting heroines and haunted medieval buildings. Northanger Abbey concerns a typical Austen heroine, young Catherine Morland, who is taken to the fashionable resort of Bath by her friends, the Allens. From there she travels to the epynomous medieval abbey, the seat of the Tilneys. The novel's central theme, common to Emma and Sense and Sensibility is the peril of confusing life and art.

During an eventful social season at Bath, the charmingly imperfect Catherine is invited to Northanger Abbey, the mysterious country home of the sophisticated Tilney family. There she believes she has discovered all the trappings of a gothic novel, and she imagines the worst. The tale is a delightful parody of one of the most popular literary genres of its day, as well as a gentle comedy of manners.