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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - Potential Spoiler Alert
I'd have to say that Henry Tilney is my favorite character in the book. He's just a fun, down-to-earth guy who is genuinely concerned with Catherine's welfare, and an awesome brother to boot!
What did you think of it?
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Reading 67 pages in, I found myself incredibly bored. I was so discouraged from the storyline that I even picked up my next book and severely considering to stop reading Northanger Abbey. I then remembered the vow to myself and decided to carry on in hopes of the book becoming more appealing.
The story slowly picks up and starts to get exciting and interesting. By then I thought that Catherine’s situation could not get any better. Then to my amazement, Jane’s form of writing, from a fiction point of view changed in style. The story takes on a thriller theme, almost bringing ghosts and murder into the compound of what used to be an average daily, nothing particular happening story. Mind you; we are 130 pages in the book!
On another note, Catherine’s relationship with Mr. Tilney has me thinking. Throughout the whole 220 pages in this book, you do not get to read any particular part where Tilney shows any particular regard, admiration, love, or attachment to Catherine. Even when they finally wed, Jane does not create a unique dialogue for such a proposal or love confession of any sort. This particular manner of writing put me off. In my opinion, if you are doing to drag the reader with anticipation for them to even meet throughout the entire book and only provide a glimpse of a very short dialogue between them, then the least you could do is to give it a sweet ending. Anything more than just a phase of explanation would have been good enough, the least.
Also, it almost felt like Isabelle changed her mind over choosing Catherine’s brother, James, once she discovered that Catherine did not find Isabelle’s brother to be a good match. Catherine pursues a man with a higher rank than hers, and this brought jealously to Isabelle. Once Isabelle noticed that another Tinley man is available, she started flirting with him and by that, she destroyed what she had with James.
A third person is mostly describing the story, and the description is based on assumptions and thoughts rather than dialogue and personal interactions. I think Isabelle received most of the spotlight when it came to talking and expressions, and she was not even the lead character.
In summary, I do recommend reading the book. Jane Austin is a great writer and very popular at her time. I prefer and love her other books more, though.
Has anyone else read this book or has any thoughts on it?
Jeyran Main
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Today I found this book in Librivox and listened to the first chapter and just laughed again as much as I laughed when I had to explain in my Thesis Defence Exam, how Jane Austen made fun of each element from Gothic literature... I consider this book a satire of that genre and from that point of view it is brilliant.
I agree that this is a good book to start reading Jane Austen, andher six novels are my challenge for this year
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Northanger Abbey is definitely my favorite. As a writer and reader and someone who has an overactive imagination, I loved the MC Catherine and I love that it was written in a different style than her other books.
I am actually working on a research project right now about Austen's work.
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I didn't know that film adaptations had been done. Are they as light and creepy/funny as the book?
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