Name: Northanger Abbey
SKU: 61293720
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Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9781540638359

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jane Austen

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

290

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.5 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781540638359

Synopsis "Northanger Abbey"

At 17, after a childhood and adolescence spent in the Fullerton presbytery to play cricket with her many brothers or to travel the English countryside on horseback, young and naive Catherine Morland began to take an interest in the toilet and became aware That her left pace and angular silhouette have given way to a much more feminine and more attractive appearance. It is then that she is invited by neighbors of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, to stay with them for a few weeks in Bath, a chic spa town, very popular with good English society. Arriving in Bath, Catherine meets a witty young man, Henry Tilney, presented by Mr King, master of ceremonies of the Lower Rooms of Bath. Later in the novel she meets Eleanor, Henry's young sister, a beautiful and elegant girl, a little reserved, but very affectionate. It is also at the Assembly Rooms that she meets Isabella Thorpe33, a charming and knowledgeable girl of the world, as well as her brother John, very imbued with his person, but who turns out to be a friend of James Morland, one Of Catherine's brothers. In addition to his boasting, John Thorpe soon revealed an unfortunate propensity for the most shameless lies he used to persuade Catherine to accompany him in his gig on an excursion to Blaize Castle (chapter XI). After the piteous conclusion of this abortive excursion, Catherine responded eagerly to Eleanor and Henry's proposal to join them for a walk to Beechen Cliff, the shady green hill just south of Bath, The other side of the Avon that it overlooks.

Jane Austen

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She was a British novelist who lived during the Georgian era. She was born in the rectory of Steventon (Hampshire). Her family belonged to the British gentry (rural nobility or agrarian bourgeoisie), a context she never left and in which she set all her works, always revolving around the marriage of her protagonist.

She has been portrayed in cinema on numerous occasions, sometimes faithfully reproduced, like the 1940 classic Pride and Prejudice directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and other times adapted to modern times, as is the case with Clueless, a loose adaptation of Emma. Other versions include Sense and Sensibility from 1995; Mansfield Park from 2000; and Pride and Prejudice in 2004 (directed by Gurinder Chadha) and in 2005 (directed by Joe Wright). However, the most faithful and perfect version of the book Pride and Prejudice to date is the series presented by the BBC starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The interest that Jane Austen's work continues to arouse today shows the relevance of her thought and the influence she has had on subsequent literature. Her life has also been portrayed in film with the movie Becoming Jane (2007)

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