Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
“Real life is rarely as gothic as the novels, but just as dangerous.”
Young Catherine Morland loves a good Gothic thriller, but when she’s invited to a mysterious estate, her overactive imagination begins to blur the line between fiction and reality. This brilliant satire deconstructs the tropes of the era while offering a delightful coming-of-age story filled with wit, romance, and the hazards of reading too many novels.
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