Northanger Abbey

Austen’s witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality During an eventful season at Bath,youngna├»ve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabellawho shares Catherine’s love of Gothic romance and horrorand sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilneywho invite her to their father’s mysterious houseNorthanger Abbey. Thereher imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigueCatherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroinethis is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen’s works. For more than seventy yearsPenguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titlesPenguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authorsas well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.