Northanger Abbey? I’m sure there are many of you out there who have no clue what I am talking about.
Huh?
Its one of Jane Austen’s last novels, published by her brother after her death. It is also an amazing book that hardly anyone knows.
It really is sad
So we are here to spread some Northanger Abbey around as this year marks its 200th anniversary!
Like what I did with Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma; I will be going through Northanger Abbey and sharing with you everything about it.
The book is a parody of romantic fiction and gothic novels.
It has a great main character, Catherine Morland (which my pseudonym comes from) who we can easily connect to. We all feel like Catherine at times in our lives, hoping that we will have an adventure and meet a dashing hero.
And it has a great leading man in Mr. Tilney. I mean it! Once you read about him, he is a real contender for the number one Austen hero.
Yep a great book that I can’t wait to start celebrating and spreading!
Besides going through the book I will be also reviewing things that are referenced in it, inspirational to the book, and those inspired by it.
Books:
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen’s Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues edited by Christina Boyd
Rational Creatures: Catherine Morland, Eleanor Tilney, & Lady Susan by Christina Boyd
Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos
The Necromancer or The Tale of the Black Forest by Karl Friedrich Kahler
Jet Set by Carrie Doyle Karasyov and Jill Kargman
Henry Tilney’s Diary (Jane Austen Heroes #6) by Amanda Grange
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1) by Kevin Kwan
Northanger Alibi (The Jane Austen Diaries #2) by Jenni James
Midnight Bell by Francis Lathom
The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox
The Monk by Matthew Lewis
Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons (Supernatural Jane Austen Series #2) by Vera Nazarian & Jane Austen
The Castle of Wolfenbach by Eliza Parsons
The Mysterious Warnings by Eliza Parsons
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Clermont by Regina Maria Roche
Orphan of the Rhine by Eleanor Sleath
Northpointe Chalet (Austen Series #4) by Debra White Smith
Film:
American Dreamer (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Northanger Abbey (1986)
Northanger Abbey (2007)
Other:
Pup Fiction, Wishbone (1995)
For more Northanger Abbey, go to Read Jane Austen, Wear Jane Austen
For more Catherine Morland, go to You Put the Jedi in Pride & PreJEDIce
For more Mr. Tilney, go to Midnight in Austenland
