Jane Austen

The English author Jane Austen specifically mentions the game of baseball in Jane Austen's novel, Northanger Abbey, being played by the protagonist, Catherine Moreland.

the most lighthearted of Jane Austens novels

Executed with high-spirited gusto, Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austens novels, yet at its core this delightful novel is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage (Source:Goodreads).

by Jane Austen, Marilyn Butler

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the earliest of Jane Austens great comedies of female enlightenment

Northanger Abbey is the earliest of Jane Austens great comedies of female enlightenment and combines literary burlesque - making fun of the excesses of the Gothic novel - with larger moral, philosophical, and social issues:

one of three novels adapted for ITV's Jane Austen season

Northanger Abbey was one of three novels adapted for ITV's Jane Austen season.

an a laugh tale of ways and a high-spirited parody of the lurid Gothic novels a naive woman enters society and wins the love of a witty younger clergyman, that have been renowned in the course of Austen's formative years

One of many first of Jane Austen's novels to be written, and one of many final to be released, Northanger Abbey is either an a laugh tale of ways a naive woman enters society and wins the love of a witty younger clergyman, and a high-spirited parody of the lurid Gothic novels that have been renowned in the course of Austen's formative years.

part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras

Northanger Abbey, byJane Austen, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.

a miraculously weaved tale of love, societyand deceptionthemes , , that would come to be synonymous in literature with Austen's name

As Jane Austen's first completed novel that was submitted to be published, Northanger Abbey is a miraculously weaved tale of love, society, and deception, themes that would come to be synonymous in literature with Austen's name.

the first novel Austen completed (in 1803) after leaving a number of false starts behind

Northanger Abbey is the first novel Austen completed (in 1803) after leaving a number of false starts behind.

one of the best books Austen ever wrote

Austen can sometimes feel like a mandatory core class, however Northanger Abbey is one of the best books Austen ever wrote.

Susan , Northanger Abbey

Originally titled Susan, Northanger Abbey was written before any of Jane Austen's other novels, but published after Northanger Abbey's death in 1817.

one of the first of Austen's novels to be composed

Northanger Abbey was one of the first of Austen's novels to be composed and was only published after Northanger Abbey's death.

the one in which Austen employs Austen's humor more or less throughout

All Austen's novels have a sly, subversive wit, but Northanger Abbey is the one in which Austen employs Austen's humor more or less throughout, although darker elements emerge as the story develops.

the last published of Austen's extant novels () 1817

Northanger Abbey was the last published of Austen's extant novels (1817), but was actually written the earliest, with the manuscript apparently completed in 1803 (see Wikipedia).

Austen's first novel, which Liechtenstein later rewrote, and functions as a parody of the Gothic romances popular at the time, particularly The Mysteries of Udolpho, a book which thrills the heroine (Catherine Morland, the very definition of an ingenue)

Northanger Abbey was Austen's first novel, which Liechtenstein later rewrote, and functions as a parody of the Gothic romances popular at the time, particularly The Mysteries of Udolpho, a book which thrills the heroine (Catherine Morland, the very definition of an ingenue)

Austen’s gentle satire about the dangers of fandom

Northanger Abbey is Austen’s gentle satire about the dangers of fandom.

in Northanger Abbey, , which was published with Persuasion in four volumes

Northanger Abbey: Northanger Abbey, novel by Jane Austen, published posthumously in Northanger Abbey, which was published with Persuasion in four volumes, was written about orprobably under the title Susan.

Austen’s first completed novel as an adult () sold as Susan to Crosby & Co. in 1803 for publication

Northanger Abbey was Austen’s first completed novel as an adult (sold as Susan to Crosby & Co. in 1803 for publication).

one of the more engaging of Austen's novels

Northanger Abbey is one of the more engaging of Austen's novels, and has delightful wit on almost every page.

Austen's way of poking fun of the popular gothic novel- something that is becoming popular again

Northanger Abbey was Austen's way of poking fun of the popular gothic novel- something that is becoming popular again.