Author's Note: Sorry this is such a short review, I hurt my hand a couple days ago so typing for long periods of time is currently a painful process. I should be right as rain next week so no worries! ;)
Title: Northanger Abbey.
Author: Jane Austen.
Gene: Christian Romance, Classic.
Plot: Seventeen year old Catherine Morland was a tomboy till she reached the age of fifteen and now she is a romantic young lady about to embark “into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks’ residence in Bath” under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, family-friends of the Morlands. She finds that public balls are not as fun as they appear to be and that living in Bath is quite a busy, social affair. And yet she manages to make the acquaintance of Mr. Henry Tilney, a handsome charming young clergyman. She also becomes friends with a Miss Isabella Thorpe {her brother, James, knows the Thorpe family} and eventually the acquaintance of John Thorpe, James’ good friend and Isabella’s older brother. Finally, Mr. Tilney comes back into town with his sister Eleanor who becomes another good friend of hers. Now, quite surrounded by friends, Catherine enjoys her stay at Bath though doesn’t know what to make of Thorpe and doesn’t realize that she is falling in love with Henry Tilney till after an interesting visit to his family estate has been made. Several more enlightening adventures follow before Eleanor is married to a respectful young man and Catherine, at eighteen, marries her Henry, a year after they first met.
Likes/Dislikes: Catherine, young and very silly, has the habit of reading too many novels which gets her into trouble though of course it all comes right again. This is a very well written book and is very well done for an author’s first work.
Rating: PG, for the reading level.
Date Report Written: August 20, 2010.
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