Northanger Abbey

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By (author) Jane Austen

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When young Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, a house which seems to come straight from the pages of a Gothic novel, a world of adventure and romance opens up. Over the course of an eventful visit, Catherine learns to see people for what they really are and to distinguish reality from fiction.

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Biographical note:
Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by the published she submitted it too and eventually published in 1813 after much revision.