Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen (Vintage Classics Austen Series) - Softcover

Austen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009958929X ISBN 13: 9780099589297

Verlag: Random House Uk, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMESThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion., 'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

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Críticas:

"Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire" (J.K. Rowling)

"Somebody reading over my shoulder refuses to believe that I found Northanger Abbey funnier than Catch 22, but I did. So there" (Jenny Colgan)

"The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal" (Virginia Woolf)

"Jane Austen's lightest and most playful novel" (Independent)

"Jane Austen shocks me. Beside her, Joyce seems innocent as grass" (W.H. Auden)

Reseña del editor:

Jane Austen takes a satirical swipe at the gothic novel in this classic book bursting with sly subversive wit.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES

The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion.

'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis

Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

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• Verlag: Random House Uk
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 009958929X
• ISBN 13: 9780099589297
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512