Northanger Abbey

Catherine Morland is not cut out to be the heroine of a Gothic novel, but her overactive imagination and inability to read other people lead to tragedy on her first visit to Bath. She falls in love with Henry Tilney before knowing his feelings for her, and fails to notice that John Thorpe fancies herself in love with her.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2023
Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Catherine Morland, a seventeen-year-old girl, is not the ideal heroine of the Gothic novels she enjoys reading with her new friend Isabella Thorpe. However, what might lead to tragedy on her first trip to the glitzy resort town of Bath is Catherine's overactive imagination and her inability to understand other people. Catherine is completely unaware that Isabella's propensity to say one thing and do another might make her an untrustworthy friend. She never considers the possibility that her brother James, who arrives in Bath unannounced with Isabella's brother John, has come to see Isabella, not her. After making a mistake that would shame any true heroine - falling in love with the wry and witty Henry Tilney before knowing his feelings for her - she fails to notice that the odious John Thorpe fancies himself in love with her, and vice versa. By the time Catherine visits Henry and his sister Eleanor at Northanger Abbey, her misconceptions and novel-fueled expectations virtually guarantee disaster. Yet, Catherine remains blissfully unaware of what awaits her.

Catherine Morland, a seventeen-year-old girl, is not the ideal heroine of the Gothic novels she enjoys reading with her new friend Isabella Thorpe. However, what might lead to tragedy on her first trip to the glitzy resort town of Bath is Catherine's overactive imagination and her inability to understand other people. Catherine is completely unaware that Isabella's propensity to say one thing and do another might make her an untrustworthy friend. She never considers the possibility that her brother James, who arrives in Bath unannounced with Isabella's brother John, has come to see Isabella, not her. After making a mistake that would shame any true heroine - falling in love with the wry and witty Henry Tilney before knowing his feelings for her - she fails to notice that the odious John Thorpe fancies himself in love with her, and vice versa. By the time Catherine visits Henry and his sister Eleanor at Northanger Abbey, her misconceptions and novel-fueled expectations virtually guarantee disaster. Yet, Catherine remains blissfully unaware of what awaits her.

Dimension: 203 x 133 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781435172173