Northanger Abbey
[ nawrth-eyn-jer, -ang-ger ]
noun
a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
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How to use Northanger Abbey in a sentence
Northanger Abbey, after all, parodies the tropes and excesses of sentimental Gothic novels.
In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.
We cannot doubt that it was the novel we now know as Northanger Abbey.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-LeighSomething of this fancy is to be found in ‘Northanger Abbey,’ but she soon left it far behind in her subsequent course.
Memoir of Jane Austen | James Edward Austen-LeighThe tale begins in characteristic style, which suggests the later Northanger Abbey.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
Northanger Abbey (probably called Susan), written in 1797 and 1798.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-LeighCatherine is of course Northanger Abbey, and the 'something' is Persuasion.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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