Brimming with eerie mansions, things that go bump in the night, and a playful sense of farce, Northanger Abbey is Jane Austen's brilliant Gothic satire.
At seventeen, daydreaming about thrilling adventures is almost a rite of passage. Such is the case for the imaginative and open-hearted Catherine Morland, who craves the kind of excitement she finds in her beloved Gothic novels.
When Catherine is invited to Bath, she is swept up in a glittering world of new friendships, flirtations, and social intrigue. Captivated by the charming Henry Tilney, she's overjoyed when he invites her to his family's grand estate, the formidable Northanger Abbey. Yet as Catherine explores its shadowy corridors on stormy nights, her love of Gothic drama causes her imagination to run wild—blurring the line between fiction and reality, and prompting her to suspect mystery where there may be none at all.
A witty send-up of Gothic conventions and youthful fancy, Northanger Abbey sparkles as a coming-of-age tale about the power of imagination, the journey to self-understanding, and the sometimes perilous allure of stories.
