Northanger Abbey

[ nawrth-eyn-jer, -ang-ger ]

noun
  1. 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.

    The Birth of the Novel | Nick Romeo | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.

    The Birth of the Novel | Nick Romeo | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • 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-Leigh
  • Something 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-Leigh
  • The 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