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Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? December 2009		111	twitham, Today 7:45pm
San Diego Bibliophiles : What are you reading now?		184	bardsfingertips, Today 3:49pm
50 Book Challenge : elliepotten's - take 2		173	Bookbugg, Today 3:48pm
Book talk : World's best Reading- Reader's Digest		369	marfalous_star, Today 1:32pm
999 Challenge : bell7's crazy/hopeful -- 999 x 2		135	ivyd, Today 12:35pm
Girlybooks : What Books by Women Are You Reading: December 2009		108	englishrose60, Today 12:11pm
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in DECEMBER?		85	steven03tx, Today 12:31am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Aga's list for 2009		350	markgil, Yesterday 11:35pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : macart3's reading for 2009		90	alcottacre, Yesterday 10:43pm
50 Book Challenge : bell7's second part of 2009 - 50 books again		98	bell7, Yesterday 9:28pm
Canadian Bookworms : What are we reading in December		44	Cecilturtle, Yesterday 9:11pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Monthly Bests		51	lindapanzo, Yesterday 7:02pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 6 and Final		17	CanadaPile, Yesterday 5:35pm
75 Books Challenge for 2010 : Tad's Reads for 2010 - Part 1		21	Fourpawz2, Yesterday 12:25pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Staci426 tries for 75 in 2009		63	clfisha, Yesterday 5:52am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List, Part 2		152	alcottacre, Yesterday 2:39am
Book talk : Favorite Books Read in 2009		17	susiesharp, Monday 8:04pm
1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List		15	Nickelini, Monday 4:37pm
Club Read 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading		221	Nickelini, Monday 1:24pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch		351	Whisper1, Monday 7:51am
1001 Books to read before you die : Wisechild's 1001 List		4	hdcclassic, Monday 3:52am
1001 Books to read before you die : Uplifting books		38	hdcclassic, Monday 3:35am
1010 Category Challenge : Ellie's 1010 challenge		19	bruce_krafft, Sunday 9:27pm
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		16	arubabookwoman, Sunday 5:37pm
Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 4		62	tjsjohanna, Sunday 5:13pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Pushing for 75 in 2009 :-)		151	drneutron, Sunday 3:10pm
1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life..		31	brochettes, Sunday 4:49am
50 Book Challenge : The Kool-Aid Mom: Reachin' for 75 in 2009		88	thekoolaidmom, Sunday 12:40am
Alphabet Challenges : Carmenere's Alpa order challenge		35	Carmenere, Saturday 8:30pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Carmenere - Part 2		98	Carmenere, Saturday 8:23pm
999 Challenge : Remember to tag your books!		62	AHS-Wolfy, Saturday 10:59am
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of December 19, 2009?		171	koalamom, Saturday 8:44am
50 Book Challenge : 50 books for me this year		59	pj77, Friday 8:32pm
Alphabet Challenges : Ellie's ABC Challenge		72	elliepotten, Friday 9:08am
Books off the Shelf Challenge : Miela's Books Off the Shelf		4	staffordcastle, Thursday 8:49pm
Book talk : Which book did you most hate in school?		102	rolandperkins, Thursday 5:43pm
50 Book Challenge : CompSki's Books!		116	JordanLangston, Thursday 4:57pm
List Five Books Parlour Game : Buildings		12	Scratch, Wednesday 10:02pm
1010 Category Challenge : peaseblossom67's 1010 challenge		13	peaseblossom67, December 22
999 Challenge : Carlos' 999 challenge		240	hailelib, December 22
What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008		175	newlifecoming, December 22
50 Book Challenge : Caroline's for 2009		63	craso, December 21
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of December 12, 2009?		210	justmejo, December 21
50 Book Challenge : citygirl in 2009		85	citygirl, December 20
999 Challenge : Nickelini's 999		117	avatiakh, December 20
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics		287	alcottacre, December 20
Folio Society devotees : A Classical Education		105	cdekeule, December 17
50 Book Challenge : 2009 with ChocolateMuse		238	ChocolateMuse, December 16
50 Book Challenge : ncgraham's 50 in 2009: the last three months		75	ncgraham, December 15
250 book challenge : Dyrfinna's 2009 Reading		142	Dyrfinna, December 15
1001 Books to read before you die : A very early New Year's resolution thread: which 1,001 novels are you determined to master in 2010?		21	BekkaJo, December 14
List Five Books Parlour Game : Use five titles to tell a story		119	kelisha94, December 11
Virago Modern Classics : Fabulous Finds - Part X		301	lindsacl, December 10
Literary Snobs : What are you reading NOW November 09?		176	iansales, December 6
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of November 28, 2009?		194	emaestra, December 5
1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading		20	soffitta1, December 4
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? November 2009		86	lilisin, December 4
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : cyderry - give it a try		219	cyderry, December 2
I Love Jane Austen : Help with period details, please!		5	Nickelini, December 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Blondierocket's 1001 Progress		14	blondierocket, December 1
Girlybooks : What Books by Women Are You Reading: November 2009		124	englishrose60, December 1
Kindley Book Club : Whatcha' Readin' Now??		68	clandreth1, November 30
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in November 2009?		79	jlelliott, November 30
Canadian Bookworms : What are we reading in November		40	LynnB, November 29
Book talk : A Fun Book Game -- Explanation A Click Away!		788	DeltaQueen50, November 25
50 Book Challenge : Jintster's 50 book birthday challenge		56	jintster, November 25
999 Challenge : Elee's		60	socialpages, November 24
I Love Jane Austen : 'Lost in Austen'		21	Nickelini, November 24
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Thinking aloud thread for 2010		318	semckibbin, November 15
Audiobooks : Reading vs. Listening		41	karenmarie, November 12
I Love Jane Austen : What to read after Jane Austen		38	jillmwo, November 8
999 Challenge : Blondierocket's		88	cmbohn, November 7
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books redux (Life is short. Don't read crap.)		232	sanja, November 4
Read YA Lit : YA literary crushes		236	ShannonMDE, November 2
Book talk : What Would You Say Is Required Reading For Contemporary Teens?		10	HannaRose, November 2
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - October 2009		180	momom248, November 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Katrina 1001 attempt		14	katrinasreads, October 29
1001 Books to read before you die : Sara's 1001, with Opinions		23	Sarasamsara, October 25
999 Challenge : Jane Austen		34	MarthaJeanne, October 20
1010 Category Challenge : Elizabeth22 categories		15	kristenn, October 16
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Luxx's 75 Book Challenge		302	Luxx, October 13
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009?		227	Mr.Durick, October 10
Audiobooks : Do you find that listening to audiobooks enhances your reading?		6	tames, October 10
999 Challenge : MusicMom41's 999 challenge		341	MusicMom41, October 6
Reading Great Books : Great Books I Want to Read		18	zechristof, September 26
Books on Books : Books in books		18	SecretariatGirl, September 24
999 Challenge : soffitta1's		72	ivyd, September 24
Readings in the Humanities : Northanger Abbey		5	Rosinbow, September 23
Audiobooks : Librivox		68	socialpages, September 16
999 Challenge : bonniebook's 999 challenge, Turn to Chapter 2		115	RidgewayGirl, September 13
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's 50 book challenge in 2009, chapter 2		265	nannybebette, September 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blondierocket's 2009 Challenge		213	Cauterize, September 8
Club Read 2009 : Kimb Read Thread :-) - Eat into Mount TBR		37	KimB, September 4
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MusicMom41's 2009 Reads 2nd Quarter		356	Cauterize, September 4
Audiobooks : Novice type questions... features of audio books		19	trollsdotter, September 3
999 Challenge : Cheli's 3rd Qtr		60	cmbohn, September 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List		338	Nickelini, September 1
999 Challenge : VictoriaPL's 999		252	avatiakh, September 1
Anglophiles : The 18th Century		19	Cariola, August 28
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And here is the end of 2009: 121. The Story of Lucy Gault 122. The Midwich Cuckoos 123. The Sun Also Rises 124. Northanger Abbey 125. Disgrace 126. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Looking forward to more 1001 books in 2010.

>8 Yep, Cait, Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey—I'm forgiving myself Sanditon becuase she didn't finish it. We could do MP together. :-) I'm told that these last two are the least-enjoyable of her six, but I'm going to approach them with an open mind...maybe I'll love them!

... every country at some point in my life. * Read two more of Austen's novels...will try the last two, Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey, this year. * Not so hot on the Shakespeare...only added one in 2009. It was a pretty good year for reading. There were a few dogs but—largely ...

... Passion of New Eve 10. Lord Jim 11. The Yellow Wallpaper 12. The Brothers Karamazov 13. Mary Barton 14. Northanger Abbey 15. Persuasion I've got a whole pile of to be read books, and I'm going to make it my goal to move up some of the 1001 books to top priority. We'll ...

... think is probably the lightest book I've read from the 1001 list (and already mentioned in post 19, above). I recently read Northanger Abbey which is also a rather light 1001 read.

>217: ditto opinions on Northanger Abbey and Persuasion !

I just finished Time was Soft There, am in the middle of Utopia and Northanger Abbey, and I'm just starting to make inroads on Peter Ackroyd's London The Biography. Winter break is awesome.

... all those of you who can just make a list of books that are unread -- here's a partial list of mine. Possession Northanger Abbey Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Autobiography of Henry VIII A Short History of Nearly Everything Ice Land East of the Sun Queenan Countr ...

Category 10: Jane Austen 1. Sandition - the only one I've never read 2. Emma - my favorite 3. Northanger Abbey - 2nd favorite (you see where this is going) 4. Pride and Prejudice 5. Sense and Sensibility

I hated Northanger Abbey and Emma. But I read Pride and Prejudice a couple of years ago and found it bearable. I'll probably read Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility but I doubt that I can ever go back to the first two.

Just finished Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, but haven't reviewed it or Northanger yet. I really enjoyed Plato and a Platypus, it was an interesting concept of presenting an intro to many schools of philosophy and illustrating their intents through jokes. Some of the jokes are ...

Just finished Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, but haven't reviewed it or Northanger yet. I really enjoyed Plato and a Platypus, it was an interesting concept of presenting an intro to many schools of philosophy and illustrating their intents through jokes. Some of the jokes are ...

I felt very much as you did about Northanger Abbey. Seems, as it was her first, she was discovering what worked for her and what didn't. Ms. Austen has aged gracefully, I think. Will you be joining the 75er's in 2010?

I just finished Northanger Abbey this afternoon (I haven't wrote the review yet, though), and I can't imagine how or why I hadn't read it before. P & P had always been my favorite, but I think it's supplanted by NA now. It's so much fun! It's got the social interplay and romantic ...

I just finished Northanger Abbey this afternoon (I haven't wrote the review yet, though), and I can't imagine how or why I hadn't read it before. P & P had always been my favorite, but I think it's supplanted by NA now. It's so much fun! It's got the social interplay and romantic ...

... me to read her work in a different, and with a couple of the books 1st time, view and appreciation. I just finished Northanger Abbey this afternoon (I haven't wrote the review yet, though), and I can't imagine how or why I hadn't read it before. P & P had always been my favorite, ...

I finished Northanger Abbey last night (charming, but not breath-taking), and later today I'm going to start Disgrace by JM Coetzee . . . I was in the mood for a literary trip to Africa and that was the first one to tumble off Mnt TBR.

98. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen British literature, 1818 rating: 3.5/5 comments: A charming story about a naive young girl who reads too many Gothic novels. At 17 she gets the opportunity to leave the sleepy village where she lives to visit the bright lights, big city of Bath. She ...

71. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen On the 234th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, I finished Northanger Abbey. I put it in the More Books From My Closet category. One more book to go to complete my 999!

98. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen British literature, 1818 rating: 3.5/5 comments: A charming story about a naive young girl who reads too many Gothic novels. At 17 she gets the opportunity to leave the sleepy village where she lives to visit the bright lights, big city of B ...

... the hope for the headache to be gone. I think it wanted some food and sleep... much better now :-) I've been glued to Northanger Abbey, and am surprised by how I could've missed this one! It's so much fun. Austen's wit and satire writing a parody of a literary genre she loved. Though, ...

... see I have this compulsion to finish even the most horrid books (only twice in my life have I abandoned a book). I love Northanger Abbey too! It is my third favorite Austen novel after Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion.

I love Northanger Abbey best too!

>105 the koolaidmom: I remember when I first read Northanger Abbey, having read her other ones first, I was surprised by how outright funny it was. Totally unexpected.

#103 rockinrhombus Yay! another Northanger reader :-) I'm finding that I'm liking it the best of all the Austens, which is surprising. I love Austen's satirical wit and commentary on the customs of the day.

I abandoned The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and am working on Clouds of Witness, On Hitler's Mountain, and Northanger Abbey by turns. I hated giving up on the Larsson but just couldn't bring myself to care about Blomkvist. I may return to it when my cold is better.

... It's a children's book!) I've got 2 more Austens to read, and I wanted to finish them this year, so I think I'll pick up Northanger Abbey next. That'll just leave Persuasion, then. I'm still in the same spot in Three to Get Deadly, though I'll prolly get more of that read tomorrow ...

... It's a children's book!) I've got 2 more Austens to read, and I wanted to finish them this year, so I think I'll pick up Northanger Abbey next. That'll just leave Persuasion, then. I'm still in the same spot in Three to Get Deadly, though I'll prolly get more of that read tomorrow ...

... it. Cute, but not as much fun without my little reader to share it with. I think I'm going to pick up Northanger Abbey next. I wanted to finish my Austens before the end of the year, and there's not much year left ;-)

On top of Mount Toobie this year I've had Vineland The Swarm White Teeth Cloud Atlas Northanger Abby Miss Smilla's feeling for Snow amongst others, but I hope to get to these first in the New Year! ETA another one!

Finished Northanger Abbey--and must admit that, for someone who held such a negative opinion about Jane Austen for so long, I was surprised how much I liked it. Way to go, Dczapka! Which Austen is next then?

Finished Northanger Abbey--and must admit that, for someone who held such a negative opinion about Jane Austen for so long, I was surprised how much I liked it. Moving on to Cannery Row while I dabble in a bit more Proust as well.

I'm still in Bath with Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey, but I've also recently started a Palace Walk, and the author hasn't told me where we are, but I'm guessing it's Egypt.

Here is my review of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=Carmenere I am jumping over to the F category to read Passage to India by E M Forster for my author of the month read.

12-7-09 #44 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 3.5 stars At seventeen, Catherine Morland reads books. She especially enjoys gothic novels like Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho which contain castles with secret passages, mysterious rooms and evil inhabitants. Miss Morland takes these ...

My fourth Virago Classic, Northanger Abbey, just came in the mail.

Everyone's different but I had to grit my teeth and hunker down to finish Northanger Abbey, and I am a huge Austen fan. Mansfield Park was my first Austen which I read as a teen, I would go for that one of the two you have dczapka. My favourites are P&P and Emma. I have yet to read Persuasi ...

I'm reading Northanger Abbey too. Only on chapter 7 though.

I'm reading Northanger Abbey too. Only on chapter 7 though.

I'm nearly finished Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and not enjoying it as much as Pride and Prejudice. It seems to have changed abruptly from satirical and witty in the first 3/4 of the book when Catherine was in Bath to almost Gothic and tense at Northanger Abbey. The contrast isn't making ...

... llstonecraft Comedies by Ludvig Holberg The Last Man by Mary Shelley Faust, Part One by Goethe Anthem by Ayn Rand Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Candide by Voltaire The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Tom Jones by Henry Fielding One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garc ...

... go wrong with Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. I am yet to read Mansfield Park myself! And Northanger Abbey is silly fun. Not her best, but amusing stuff. Oh dear. Did I just recommend them all?? I'm still going slowly on London Orbital. Finding it ...

... that one. Personally I really like Sense and Sensibility. But if you're well-read in the Gothic, I'd say go ahead with Northanger Abbey. It's quite charming, but Austen was very young and sheltered when she wrote it, and I think it shows. If you know that going it, though, it shouldn't stop ...

dczapka - are you saying that you're an Austen virgin? How thrilling. Not sure you should start with Northanger Abbey though--it's not her best work. Pride and Prejudice is of course the best known and most-widely loved. I personally am partial to Sense and Sensibility. I think Mansfield Park ...

... think I'll be reading anymore Forster for a very, very long time. Thinking of joining Nickelini and plowing through Northanger Abbey this month. Figure I've got to read Austen at some point, right?

... by Arthur Hailey The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Citadel by Morris West

I have a question for anyone who has studied Austen's historical period more deeply than I have . . . In the beginning of Northanger Abbey, Catherine and Mrs Allen go to a ball in Bath where they don't know anyone. I don't understand the logistics of what they are doing . . . if they don't know ...

Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) and Villette (Charlotte Bronte) on iPod.

I don't have much time for recreational reading these days, so I'm moving very slowly through Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) and listening to Villette (Charlotte Bronte) on my iPod. Don't expect to make much progress this week.

... my enjoyment of it. Not sure what I'll read after... maybe Dewey the cat book. Or I could pick up my next Austen book, Northanger Abbey. I've only got two left to read, this one and Persuasion. I'm also reading Three to Get Deadly.

... Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill Open by Andre Agassi Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey too. Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest by John Updike. Ditto The Witches of Eastwick which I re-read after starting The Widows of Eastwick and ...

... Carson Category: Nonfiction (Category completed 11/27/09) A diverse selection of essays that covers everything Jane from Northanger Abbey to Persuasion. You may wonder, as I did, how some essays fit in - such as the college professor writing about his course in the '70s, and the researcher ...

... on Why We Read Jane Austen edited by Susannah Carson A diverse selection of essays that covers everything Jane from Northanger Abbey to Persuasion. You may wonder, as I did, how some essays fit in - such as the college professor writing about his course in the '70s, and the researcher ...

I'm in one of my favourite cities, Bath, and on my way to Northanger Abbey with Jane Austen.

I'm just starting Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. It's my 5th Austen on my Austen-a-year journey (by Dec next year I'll have read all her books)

... a pretty quick read too. Still have Villette on my iPod, but haven't had much time to listen lately. I think I'll start Northanger Abbey tonight or tomorrow.

... - I'm 150 pages into Kavalier and Clay and I'm really enjoying it. I also dug out The Golem to follow it up with. Northanger Abbey was a delight, in the end, and very funny, indeed.

... her a few years ago, and I've been slowly rereading since then. I've reread P&P and S&S several times, and I've also reread Northanger Abbey after reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. And I've reread Mansfield Park. That leaves Emma and Persuasion to reread, and I'll want to do Lady Susan ...

Celine appears to be out of print in the UK, scandalously. I'm reading Northanger Abbey, god help me

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

... talking loudly on a cell phone in public is rude or inconsiderate, she lost all credibility with me. I think I'll read Northanger Abbey next - it's the second story in my Jane Austen compendium that I received last Christmas, and I'm hoping I'll like it as much as I did the first story, Pri ...

... The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Nonfiction: If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell June Fiction: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Nonfiction: Necropolis: London and its Dead by Catharine Arnold July Fiction: Poppy Done to Death by Charlaine Harris Nonfiction ...

... I'm moving on to my next A read from my TBR shelves and wanting to stay with the Austen's I have two choices. First, Northanger Abbey and its decrepit castles are pulling me one way and Mansfield Park and Fanny Price are pulling me another. Please help me choose!! ~

... before teenagers to underline just what a wonderful world is there in print, so would try to include "easy" classics like Northanger Abbey Jane Austen and Precious |Bane by Mary Webb as well as the more odd stuff like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddo ...

... her role as wife and mother can't offer her. But she is also a very silly character, reminding me somewhat of Catherine in Northanger Abbey in her futile pursuit of idle dreams. Every emotion coursing through her body is absolutely genuine and heartfelt - until disillusionment comes and it ...

... her role as wife and mother can't offer her. But she is also a very silly character, reminding me somewhat of Catherine in Northanger Abbey in her futile pursuit of idle dreams. Every emotion coursing through her body is absolutely genuine and heartfelt - until disillusionment comes and it ...

#20 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen I've not read any Austen since I was a teenager and thought it was about time I got reacquinted with her. I gather that Northanger Abbey is the least popular of her books amongst her admirers and I'm not too surprised. There's a lot of wit here and ...

... that I've always wanted to read, but haven't done so yet. As for me, please pick a book from the following list: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield park by Jane Austen Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton Five Go Off to Camp by Enid Blyt ...

... but my first real "Classic" too, when I was 14 or 15. Persuasion is my #2, followed by Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey. Emma and Mansfield Park are on my list for next year. I also really love Lady Susan, which I read for a Romantics class in uni.

I think I'm with kiwidoc on sequencing of my top three. I haven't read Northanger Abbey or Mansfield Park, yet. They're for next year—two last year, two this year and two next.

... a>. For me, novels only, it's 1) Persuasion, 2) Pride and Prejudice, 3) Sense and Sensibility, 4) Emma joint with Northanger Abbey and 5) Mansfield Park... I actually enjoyed the gothic piss-take in Northanger Abbey much more the second time around (having read things like Evelina ...

... I thought it was high time for a re-read. This is not my favourite of her novels (having been demoted to joint 4/5th with Northanger Abbey after a re-read of the latter, if you're interested), so I know it less well than Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice in particular. I will add here ...

"This Sceptered Isle": ideas-Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Evelina 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

... by Barbara Campbell The Omen by David Seltzer In the Name of the Vampire by Mary Ann Mitchell Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories selected by David Stuart Davies The Haunted Hotel and Other Stories by Wilkie ...

... I do have a printed copy and will read it myself at some point. Doing it the other way round, I recently listened to Northanger Abbey (my least liked Jane Austen) read by Juliet Stevenson and I enjoyed it much more than from the printed page. The humour of the story came out much more ...

... and I think you'll enjoy all of them like I did. My favorite still remains Pride and Prejudice, with Persuasion and Northanger Abbey coming in the second and third place respectively.

... you. Can't wait to hear what you think of it. For whomever picks next for me, please choose from the following books: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield park by Jane Austen The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton Five on a Treasure Island by Enid ...

... TBR 925 Last of the Mohicans 926 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 931 Frankenstein 932 Northanger Abbey 933 Persuasion 936 Emma 937 Mansfield Park 938 Pride and Prejudice 940 Sense and Sensibility 942 Castle Rackrent 949 The Interesting Nar ...

... on the Prairie. I, too, have enjoyed Austen and would re-read either Emma, Persuasion or Mansfield Park, or even Northanger Abbey, not so much S&S or P&P. But then I'm pretty much a sucker for 19th cent. Lit. regardless of who writes it. Late twentieth century, not so much. Too much ...

... of the Opera by Gaston Leroux * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne * Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen * Great Expectations by Charles Dickens * Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson * Villette by Charlotte Bronte * The Three Mus ...

... do with that. Hi there, That 's funny! Yes, I am sure it was the perfect time to be transported away..:) I finished Northanger Abbey last night, and I felt a bit damp about the ending. But, as I mentioned in the first post--Austen was young--perhaps this was her first novel, and her "gre ...

Adored Northanger Abbey! Of course, the fact that I read it the night between the two days of the bar exam, and it took my mind of torts, contracts and conflict of laws, might have had something to do with that.

... a year). I haven't read Mysteries of Udolpho yet, but I did read The Castle of Otranto, which JA also used in writing Northanger Abbey. I thought Castle of Otranto was awful, by the way.

Hi All: Have you read Northanger Abbey? Apparently it was written when Jane Austen was quite young. I am finding it quite a hoot! A spoof on gothic novels of the day --really much fun. I have also enjoyed some of Austen's comments about novel reading in general. If you have read Ann Radcliff ...

... of Virginia Woolf? Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensiblity Austen, Jane - Northanger Abbey B: Blake, Sarah - The Postmistress C: Coppola, Chris - Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq F: E M Forster - Passage to India

>78 Actually, when I was at Oxford, I studied The Mysteries of Udolpho in conjunction with Northanger Abbey. Which is not to say Radcliffe is on the same level, but it was interesting to read Radcliffe, and then read the Austen's parody/homage to those pulpy Gothic novels. Certainly, it gave ...

... books in an Old Series - Candy Cane Murder (not really bad) Best of Classics - Inferno by Dante Worst of Classics - Northanger Abbey (Can't believe it, Jane Austen) Best of Mysteries - Déja Dead (I understand why this is a TV series) Worst of Mysteries - Shop til you Drop not ...

The Mysteries of Udolpho features heavily in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. in non-fiction, Musn't Grumble by Joe Bennett follows the trail of H.V. Morton's In Search of England.

... 22. War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (sci fi) *** 23. King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard (fiction) ***1/2 24. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (fiction) ****1/2 25. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs (mystery) **** 26. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (sci fi) *** 27. The Cast ...

... is not top of my list, that is reserved for Persuasion, its up there with Sense and Sensibility. I've also studied Northanger Abbey and agree with the posters, it does help if you read the books parodied in the text, The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Monk.

I loved The Monk, The Castle of Otranto, Northanger Abbey, Tom Jones, and Shamela as well, especially the part in The Monk where one of the characters accidentally runs of with the ghost. Another book that is similar to Shamela is Anti-Pamela by Eliza Haywood. I've found that a ...

1800's Jane Austen 932. Northanger Abbey 933. Persuasion 936. Emma 937. Mansfield Park 938. Pride and Prejudice 940. Sense and Sensibility I love Jane Austen, probably my fav is Emma Charles Dickens 876. Great Expectations 883. A Tale of Two Cities 888. Hard ...

I would stick the vampire in Northanger Abbey myself. The whole Gothic atmosphere would be great for bloodsucking fiends. And I'd love the werewolves to attack the folks in Mansfield Park.

125. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

How about the last word in the title matches the last name of the author? e.g. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Secret of the Swiss Chalet by Carolyn Keene Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Body in the Lighthouse by Katherine Hall Page The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice Provensen The Mansion in the Mist by John Bellairs

... but without any redeeming features. I have discovered that I am an auditory person. For example, when I listened to Northanger Abbey, I found it very funny. I hadn't noticed that when I read it years ago.

Sister Havis remarks that the icehouse at Godstow Abbey was built "long before the abbey's foundation," quite possibly by the Romans. How do details such as these enrich the storytelling? What other details does the author employ to create a sense of time, place, and history in the novel?

Yay! Yay for the 1800's! 1800's Persuasion Northanger Abbey Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Frankenstein The Nose The Fall of the House of Usher The Pit and the Pendulum The Purloined Letter The Scarlet Letter Villette The Cou ...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen listened to this last year, iirc. edited to delete comment

... time. I suppose that if, as a man, I were forced to choose the hero I would most like to be, it would be Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey. But perhaps that's because Tilney is the hero my wife would choose to end up with!

... of my backlog of Georgette Heyers that have been arriving in the mail. This one is Cousin Kate, which is sort of her Northanger Abbey. Also re-reading The Legacy of Persia, a book that inflamed my imagination when I was in my mid-teens, and inspired a life-long interest in the ...

... Heights - Emily Bronte 26.The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 27.Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss 28.Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 29.*What Do You Say To A Naked Elf?- Cheryl Sterling 30.The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus 31.Girl, Interrupted ...

... A TALE OF TWO CITIES READ 8/1/09 2.6 DON QUIXOTE READ 5/23/09 read with group BONUS POINT 2.7 NORTHANGER ABBEY READ 1/14/09 2.8 BLACK BEAUTY READ 8/11/09 2.9 THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN read 6/15/09 MyopicBookworm in Book talk : Book recommendation as my thesis subject (Jun 30, 2009, 11:26am)

... (he says mischievously) considering whether the elements of the Gothic novel that are parodied or satirized in Austen's Northanger Abbey are still discernible in contemporary romances such as the notorious Twilight (whose touchstone refuses to manifest)...?

... right reader. I've just been through the six Jane Austen books, read by Juliet Stevenson, and for the first time I enjoyed Northanger Abbey she brought out the humour that I'd missed when reading it myself. I'm just listening to I capture the castle and this is the first book that I haven't ...

... Grave. 288 pages. 6.5.09. 68. Arnold, Catharine. Necropolis: London and Its Dead. 247 pages. 6.8.09. 69. Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 213 pages. 6.10.09. 70. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Champion. 224 pages. 6.12.09. 71. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Christmas. 224 pages. 6.1 ...

... - Nick Hornby (03/15/09) 33. Black Swan Green - David Mitchell (3/21/09) 34. Away - Amy Bloom (3/26/09) 35. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (4/04/09) 36. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips (4/05/09) 37. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews (4/06/09) 38. Dreamers ...

... . I have wanted to read The Castle of Otranto and The Mysteries of Udolpho (by Ann Radcliffe) ever since I first read Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) many years ago. I reread NA several times but have never gotten around to the novels that inspired it. You have nudged me and I'm ordering ...

... in the mood for it. Comments: This is officially the first gothic novel, and I wanted to read it before I read Northanger Abbey later this year. What I liked: Fabulous illustrations--the book was only $2, so I'm going to rip them out and use them in art projects. As for the story, ...

#12 Yes! I have read Northanger Abbey. I love it. Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice are my favorite works by Jane Austen. Eh, I read The Mysteries of Udolpho and wasn't too thrilled about it. At the very beginning the author goes on and on about the landscape for a couple of ...

... Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore Tara Road by Maeve Binchy TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read July) Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel The Last Girls by Lee Smith Z for Zachariah by Robert ...

... I like Edgar Allen Poe very much. I haven't read The Mysteries of Udolpho yet, but I definitely want to! Have you read Northanger Abbey? Austen is really poking fun at gothic novels through it.

... I wish there were more "Annotated" classics out there. There probably wouldn't be enough of a market, but an annotated Northanger Abbey, talked about above, would be a fun one. 186 DeltaQueen50, as I think you know, I'm a big fan of Graceling. Hope you enjoy it.

Book Started: Nightmare Abbey Category: Lighter Fare Nightmare Abbey is a satire on the gothic genre, sort of like Northanger Abbey. I actually thought Northanger was a bit light on the Gothic satire, maybe because I had recently read The Mysteries of Udolpho which seemed like it would ...

69. Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 214 pages. 6.10.09. Jane Austen's first novel is a delightful and witty satire of gothic literature, and is a paradigm of both her future genius and current ...

CarlosMcRey, of all the Austens to satirize, Northanger Abbey's the perfect fit. She is a silly, naive girl and the big bad wolf (and his sister) are after her. Meanwhile, she's reading all that garbage and wishing for such a life! I'm going to have to add Nightmare Abbey to my ...

I finished reading Austen's Northanger Abbey a few days back. I'm now reading The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

1) the natural 2)wuthering heights 3)the woman in white 4) northanger abbey ok i know i can finish this list and i'll probably add more but those 4 for sure :)

1) the natural 2)wuthering heights 3)the woman in white 4) northanger abbey ok i know i can finish this list and i'll probably add more but those 4 for sure :)

... Bennett (5) Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (5) Atonement by Ian McEwan (5) Chocolat by Joanne Harris (5) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (5) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (5) Watchmen by Alan Moore (5) Some more movement: ...

... emerald ring, the woman in white, wuthering heights, café on the nile, the scarlet pimpernal, the winter rose, northanger abbey and anything else i can find

... Machine, War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. I also finished several through DailyLit, King Solomon's Mines, Northanger Abbey and The Castle of Otranto. I really enjoyed all of these. There was one that I did not finish this month, Suite Francaise. I might go back to it at ...

I just finished Lost in Austen. And ended up trapped in the attic of Northanger Abbey forever. I failed miserably. But then I cheated and went back, and ended up living happily ever after with a certain Mr. Darcy... BTW- If you accept the proposal he makes the first time, it's really ...

60. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 61. Watchmen by Alan Moore 62. Atonement by Ian McEwan

... forest by Torey Hayden 14. Overheard in a dream by Torey Hayden 15. Always and forever by Cathy Kelly 16. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 17. Somebody Else's Kids by Torey Hayden 18. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List.

... - Nick Hornby (03/15/09) 33. Black Swan Green - David Mitchell (3/21/09) 34. Away - Amy Bloom (3/26/09) 35. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (4/04/09) 36. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips (4/05/09) 37. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews (4/06/09) 38. Dreamers ...

... The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (5) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (5) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (5) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (5) Again, the top three are the same, although it appears that Mrs. Dalloway and the ...

... or two when I feel like it and not get overwhelmed. At my current rate, I figure I'll finish it in a couple of years. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I read it about 30 years ago and didn't like it because it was silly. Now I'm rereading it and liking it because it's silly. The Butle ...

Thanks for the thoughts on Northanger Abbey. I started reading Austen also after watching that movie with my wife. Seems like you enjoyed reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. I thought about that, too. I may do what you did when I get ready for Abbey. The Meg Gardiner book you have there is ...

65. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen My third Austen book, and with high hopes I expected to enjoy it, but it wasn’t my favorite. It is such a different style than her older works. Northanger Abbey was Austen’s first major book, but her last to be published, which explains a lot in the ...

57. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 1001 Books Not my favorite Austen, probably because it is so different from her later works, but it was definitely an interesting read.

Looking forward to your thoughts on Northanger Abbey, Ms. Rocket!

... homes, using multiple cars, and almost dying a couple as well. It’s all in a days work. Currently Reading: Northanger Abbey The Dirty Secrets Club

... (2/06/09) Digging to America - Anne Tyler (2/20/09) A Version of the Truth - Jennifer Kaufman (3/07/09) Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (4/04/09) The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Settlefield (5/04/09) I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti - Giulia Malucchi 5/06/09) ...

The Monk by Lewis is my favorite. Northanger Abbey was also really good, though it was more of a humorous satire on gothic fiction. The Castle of Otranto was good, too.

... I'm obsessive? 2) What book do you own the most copies of? I own 2 copies of every Jane Austen novel except Northanger Abbey - in each case, a "good" hardback edition and a mangled "everyday" paperback edition. Bizarrely though, (bearing in mind I still haven't finished reading ...

... Udolpho today and I have to say that I loved it. My sister and I both wanted to read it after Austen's reference to it in Northanger Abbey. It has taken me a while to finish due to work etc. but I would definitely recommend it. I fell in love with it at the beginning, got a bit lost toward ...

... it. 2. Northanger Abbey- I am not a huge Jane Austen fan, but I am very interested in the gothic novel so I read Northanger Abbey. I loved it, and found it to be one of her more witty and fun works. 3. The Dark Tower Book I- The Gunslinger

... they continue to delight so many readers so long after they were written. I was especially delighted by her discussion of Northanger Abbey—we are of one mind about that novel. Her range of subject matter is much wider than I can include in this brief review, but I must mention the City ...

... they continue to delight so many readers so long after they were written. I was especially delighted by her discussion of Northanger Abbey—we are of one mind about that novel. Her range of subject matter is much wider than I can include in this brief review, but I must mention the City ...

... my mind. I promise to try my best to like P&P, as of now with Austen, the scoreline reads 1-1, liked Emma, didn't like Northanger Abbey

... story forever! Austen is one that can do that for me! I have been meaning to read Mysteries of Udolpho since I read Northanger Abbey last year. I know it won't be the same since, as someone noted above, Austen is making fun a little, but why make fun of something unless it is worth your ...

... Elizabeth and Darcy is the humor in the book--I think it is her most humorous book and that even taking into account Northanger Abbey, which I also like immensely for it's humor and spoof of the Gothic novels popular in Austen's time. Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine are priceless! Em ...

... review, it was nice to see you draw parallels with Emma, one of the only two Austens I have read (the other one being Northanger Abbey), as part of our agreement, since you enjoyed it, I will add this one to my this year's TBR list, unless you finish Sense and Sensibility by then and ...

33. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I didn't think there was an Austen book that I wouldn't like, but I was wrong! Austen was too mocking of her characters in this first novel. It didn't make me laugh; it just made me uncomfortable and bored. She made way too many of them appear dense, ...

Oh, I love Austen. You should really take a look at Northanger Abbey - it's Austen's satire on gothic novels, and it is just delightful! I'll be giving it another read this year myself.

30. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I didn't think there was an Austen book that I wouldn't like, but I was wrong! Austen was way too mocking of her characters in this first novel. She made way too many of them appear dense, boring, or plain stupid. I also didn't like that Austen ...

... Actually, to be honest, Emma is third with Persuasion at #2. Sense and Sensibility came in at #4 and I haven't read Northanger Abbey nor Mansfield Park, yet. The latter two are for next year's "Two Austens a Year".

... well, with Gothic and romantic elements intertwined with a unique and interesting storyline. Absolutely loved it. 2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen- A beautiful novel that satirizes the gothic form. Catherine is endearing although she never quite lives up to her given "heroine" ...

... BONUS POINT 2.5 The Three Musketeers 2.6 DON QUIXOTE READ 5/23/09 read with group BONUS POINT 2.7 NORTHANGER ABBEY READ 1/14/09 2.8 Black Beauty 2.9 THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN read 6/15/09 ...

... in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip 13. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 14. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 15. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 16. I Die, But the Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell 17. The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard 18. Company of Liars by Karen Maitla ...

... 133ee1a32.jpg"> 2. The Reluctant Widow, by Georgette Heyer. It was interesting re-reading this in conjunction with Northanger Abbey. Both are a 'new take' on the gothic novel, without actually being gothic novels. In this one, an impoverished young lady of gentle birth finds ...

... src="http://www.librarything.com/picsizes/2b/e1/483adb7c93029d7f71bd3ff657630b1e.jpg"> So my first completed book is Northanger Abbey, which is a re-read. It always used to be my least favourite Austen, and probably still is, but I enjoyed it more than usual this time around. The older I ...

... good and the yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, an interesting short piece. Also slowly making my way through northanger abbey by Jane Austen and the golden ass by Apuleius through Daily Lit emails. I started and gave up on cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and the black dahlia ...

... can be frustrating as a character, but also more fun than some of Austen's other heroines and the story is so entertaining. Northanger Abbey is my least favourite, personally.

Jane Austen Related 1. Emma 2. Sense and Sensibility 3. Northanger Abbey 4. Persuasion 5. Mansfield Park 6. Becoming Jane Austen 7. Jane and His Lordship's Legacy 8. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict 9. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

#27 MarthaJeanne and # 33 hailelib It sounds like Cousin Kate is Heyer's Northanger Abbey--now I will definitely dig it out and reread it. I read Kate when I reading Heyer for the first time, years ago. I discovered Heyer because I couldn't read what I normally read when I was on ...

... (5) 13. The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent (5) 14. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (5) 15. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) New entries include Eclipse, The Wordy Shipmates, The Reader and the Pillars of the Earth!

... its not difficult at all to get into, me being a Classics fan might have something to do with it, but then I didn't like Northanger Abbey! Nikki I read the first three parts of Earthsea trilogy last year, now that I am reminded of this series, I guess will read Tehanu some time next ...

I read Northanger Abbey this year and hated it, but then friends in this group told me that this book is supposed to be a spoof on the Gothic, chik lit, type novels of that time. It doesn't make me like the book any better, but I suppose I am happy that I atleast got some justification as to why ...

I just finished Northanger Abbey. It was ok, not my favourite book ever (or even my favourite book of Austen's, though I think the only other one of hers I've read is Sense and Sensibility and that was a while ago! I do remember enjoying it though). I liked the main character, and those you're ...

I finished Dead Witch Walking yesterday which I enjoyed and am just about to start Northanger Abbey for an internet book group. I'm still reading The Stuff of Thought for my non-fiction. I also still have The Historian going on in the background; I suspect I might end up not finishing it.

I finished Northanger Abbey today. I loved it. It's funny, witty and original. Austen is a hilarious narrator, and Henry Tilney, the hero, reminded me of Elizabeth Bennet's father only he's younger and more lighthearted.:)

Just finished # 47 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. 288 pages It was a reread, and it didn't disappoint me. Original, funny and ...

... reading British author's like Dicken's and then you read about what a nice place London is to visit. I have been reading Northanger Abbey along with this book and hope to finish it this week.

... really very interesting. Will post my final thoughts on it when I am done. Though I love all of Jane Austen's works, Northanger Abbey is my least favorite. But its been many years since I read it so I may give it another read soon. Love your reviews by the way. Very, very nice.

... of Austen's day the Gothic novel was designed to put a little excitement in her life--which is exactly what Catherine in Northanger Abbey was trying to do in her "actual life." I think being a genteel girl being prepared to be a genteel lady could be an awfully boring existence--which ...

Glad I'm not alone in my Northanger Abbey love! It's probably my second favorite Jane Austen after Mansfield Park and Emma, which are tied for first. >200, I read a lot of 20th century Gothics in my formative years, too, Carolyn. I inherited a lot from my grandma's library and, I admit, I ...

Cool, 2 of mine on the list - Northanger Abbey and The Book Thief. Nice to see Possession here, a fantastic book.

... A Novel by Kathleen Kent (5) 9. Watchmen by Alan Moore (5) 10. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (5) 11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) Our top 3 remains unchanged - although all have picked up new tags since last month in order to retain their spots. Within the ...

#197: Marcia, Having yet to have read Northanger Abbey, I don't really have an opinion on it but I can tell you that I really liked the movie version. I will add it to my TBR Island... but probably won't read it anytime soon, maybe this winter sometime. At least we agree on Mansfield Park as ...

Once again, my place in the world as one of the few people who love Northanger Abbey is confirmed...

A new Jane Austen, preferably like Northanger Abbey or Emma. The end of Edwin Drood. I'm dying to know what really happens! Another Agatha Christie thriller. Love those.

#191: Piyush, I never read Northanger Abbey and probably won't anytime soon. I do however have the movie version which I think is probably a lot better than the book. :P But then again, I do not know.. Catey

18. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen A most disappointing read. There was nothing really good about this book, the plot was amateurish, the characters weak and the narration okayish. As opposed to my first Jane Austen read, Emma, the character of Catherine was very primitive, she comes ...

... in Army of Darkness where the Necronomicon starts eating Bruce Campbell's hand. I think Army of Darkness was based on Northanger Abbey

I love your list for March, you've got some pretty good books in there. I would definitely say don't read Northanger Abbey unless you have read some of the gothic novels that it spoofs. I don't like that gothic type genre and so really didn't like Northanger Abbey and would have given up on it ...

... and I'm sure to love it because those are two of my favorite authors. In reading Jane Austen--when you get to Northanger Abbey you need to be aware that this is a "spoof" of the Gothic novel (such as Ann Ward Radcliffe wrote) that were popular at that time. If you keep that in ...

Just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I was going to give Northanger Abbey a shot, but I was craving a re-read of Brideshead.

... 1001 list has encouraged me to read some. I even enjoyed Pride and Prejudice which I read in 2008 after hating Emma and Northanger Abbey at school. I have read H.G.Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Alan Poe in the last year and intend to go on working my way through. I ...

I've read Smilla's Sense of Snow (both lists), Northanger Abbey (old list) and Pippi Longstocking (new list) this month. Pippi was a reread, but I loved the other two! Smilla really blew me away in terms of very different books than I usually read. I just love Jane Austen, so the other was a ...

For the Classics Category: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Miss Austen has remained for the past 10 years one of my absolute favorite authors; ever since first reading Emma when I was 12. Her humour is so subtle and mischievous in tone that it feels as if you're sharing an inside joke ...

For the Classics Category: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Miss Austen has remained for the past 10 years one of my absolute favorite authors; ever since first reading Emma when I was 12. Her humour is so subtle and mischievous in tone that it feels as if you're sharing an inside joke ...

11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Miss Austen has remained for the past 10 years one of my absolute favorite authors; ever since first reading Emma when I was 12. Her humour is so subtle and mischievous in tone that it feels as if you're sharing an inside joke with a friend. Or at least ...

... issues so many of us are concerned with (...)" /georgepartington/ 4 out of 5 stars. I also started rereading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. (I didn't abandon Kidnapped, and all the other books I've started since these challenges started, but at least I read the gentle read genre ...

I think we're about ready for a new thread. I chose Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen from PishPosh's library.

PishPosh, I love your library. So many great memories there. I'll choose Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I think we're ready for a new thread, as this one's quite big (I like to think of it as well-loved). New thread here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/58159

... but will hopefully not be the last. I've already moved on since last night to an oldie, but a goodie, Miss Austen's Northanger Abbey.

... What I'm Reading Now: Smilla was quite unnerving and had no clear resolution, so I've moved onto quite the opposite: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. My lovely Miss Austen is amusing me to the strains of early 19th century courtship tunes :)

Have now read the 2 Austens on my list - Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park. Of the two, I preferred Northanger Abbey as it was less 'busy' than Mansfield Park, I mean the plot was simpler in some ways. I felt that MP needed editing at times.

I wrote my master's thesis on a comparison of Austen's Northanger Abbey to Mrs. Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho. One of the points of this exercise was that Austen was writing about everyday life rather than fantastic and romantic adventures such as those written by Radcliffe and other ...

Just finished Northanger Abbey, the second of two Jane Austen books on my list and am currently on On Beauty. I am enjoying this much more than The Autograph Man, which I read a few years back. The story really grabs you.

... Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (5) The Watchmen by Alan Moore (5) Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (5) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) John Adams by David McCullough (4) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (4) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky ...

... Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories as the 'other' is different, or Northanger Abbey with Northanger Abbey and Lady Susan. As for the critical essays, I can only speak for what I know. Maybe that's the point. Maybe we shouldn't be ...

... even my Mum - renowned Austenophile that she is - thinks Fanny is annoying beyond all reckoning. I'd like to re-read Northanger Abbey, that was her first I'd read and I don't think I've gone back to it since... Although I picked up a couple of Puffin Classics (new! $8!!!) yesterday, so ...

... A. McKillip Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen I Die, But the Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard Company of Liars by Karen Maitland Ex Libris: ...

Sorry, no help here! Westerns are also waaaaaay out of my comfort zone :) Re #43 - Henry Tilney is my favourite part of Northanger Abbey. Must read Persuasion again one day soon - it will probably mean more to me than it did when I was seventeen. I must say, though, that I never was a fan of ...

... up finishing The Go-Between and Mansfield Park. Both books I have been wanting to read for a long time. Up next is Northanger Abbey and Intimacy, I imagine I will get through these quickly as still have time off from classes.

Northanger Abbey gets pooh-poohed a bit, because it's more of a spoof of gothic novels than a classic Jane Austen romance. But it *is* awfully good fun. Mansfield Park is the only one I haven't read.

Hi tantan - it was Northanger Abbey, but even that one was a very long time ago. I remember that I did enjoy it though. edited 'cos I don't know anyone called 'tanan'! *lol*

crimson-tide, which Jane Austen have you read? And did you like it? I've only read Emma and Northanger Abbey myself, so I'm not really an authority. But I did love Northanger Abbey, although I understand many Austen fans aren't really taken by it.

... Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility but thats it, I will try and read Persuasion and Northanger Abbey this year sometime :) But its good to know that Stephanie Barron is good at imitating Jane Austen. Because I do love Jane Austen.

... mean-spirited. I think I misjudged them and need to try again. There are a couple I haven't read, but I loved Emma and Northanger Abbey. I need to try Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility again.

... inside Pride and Prejudice. Amusing enough Sunday evening viewing, if not a bit fluffy. Am reading Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey as part of my 999 challenge. I have 2 categories they could go in - 1001 books or British Authors.

... Park, which is enjoyable so far. I have had it for a while, but was put off by its size - it is in a double book with Northanger Abbey, so brought it with me to Portugal to read. Have a stack of 1001 books to read at the mo - Intimacy and The Go-Between will be up next. At least the ...

Am currently reading Mansfield Park at home because it is in a big double book version with Northanger Abbey and my handbag book will be the Go-Between, which I was sent through 1001-Library. I am enjoying Mansfield Park enough, though have been warned it is the weakest of Austen's books. ...

I'd always thought of Austen as primordial chick-lit, and so avoided it. Then I decided to give Northanger Abbey a go... As I commented at the time: "No one told me Austen was funny..." I went on to read the rest of her novels -- well, all of them except, strangely, Emma. There's a great ...

... Mystery by Laura Lippman Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin

... times, but I read Persuasion earlier this month, and loved it too! I should really reread Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey because it has been a few years :) In a class I took last year, I read Lady Susan, which I LOVED, though I think I am in the minority here. Which ...

I'm curious to hear what you thought of Northanger Abbey? That was my least favourite of the Austen novels. I get what she was trying to do but but it just didn't work for me.

... 8. Mah-jongg: From Shanghai to Miami Beach 9. John Adams 10. Twelve Sharp 11. Lean Mean Thirteen 12. Northanger Abbey 13. Grandma Gets Laid 14. Killer Heat 15. Shoots to Kill 16. Fearless Fourteen 17. Getting Old is Murder 18. The Templar Legacy edited ...

... she must have ruined a few generations of girls with this character of hers :P. I am currently almost half way through Northanger Abbey, but Catherine's character doesn't hold attention the way Emma's did.

... - Diana Peterfreund Rampant - Diana Peterfreund King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard Persuasion - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris

... would be remarkable in any age, but were especially so in their encouragement of the family. Thanks for a great read. Northanger Abbey is one of those books, and there are three by Austen, that I avoided for years, partly because I so love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, and partly ...

... Lesson by Mitch Albom (Read Mar) Tara Road by Maeve Binchy TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read Jul) Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel The Last Girls by Lee Smith Z for Zachariah by Robert ...

At least 5 from "The Classics" 1.To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 456. (Read July) 2.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR) 3.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb) 4.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. (TBR) 5.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)

... 86. (Read Jan) 4.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May) 5.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 456. (Read July) 6.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR) 7.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb) 8.White teeth by Zadie Smith 54. (TBR next year) 9.Love in the Time of Chole ...

We just had a discussion about Northanger Abbey in the Classics thread, and it does seem to be the overall consensus that it's not Austen's best. I liked it a lot better after reading The Mysteries of Udolpho and some of the other gothic fiction she was spoofing and actually found it quite ...

... a read. There are actually two additional books to my list (that I forgot to include before) for numbers 30 and 31: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty Have to elaborate later--my computer's getting cranky again.

... src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/teazle/northangerabbey.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> Northanger Abbey of Jane Austen Three words: boring, boring, boring. Had this been a 'real' book, I wouldn't have finished this, but it was an audiobook so I kept going, ...

... were fantastic, with the illustrations perfectly suiting the story. Others, like the adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, were missed opportunities, but opposite the way I think you meant. Overall, I was not impressed and I doubt I will buy more of these kinds of books.

>79, flissp, no I've never read her juvenilia, but am adding Love and Friendship to my list as we speak! Northanger Abbey is not my favorite Austen; but it's probably the one I consider funniest of the ones I've read. If that makes sense? >83 & 84, I read The Inferno last year and loved it. ...

... I'm working my way through them. I have to admit having a dislike of 'gothic' writing so maybe thats why I'm not getting Northanger Abbey.

#75 allthesedarnbooks: I completely agree that Northanger Abbey really needs to be read in context of the gothic novels it's affectionately taking the mick out of... I'd still say that along with Mansfield Park, it's my least favourite (sorry Tad - I like them all, but I think you've read the ...

>73, Roni, that's awesome! *runs over to Amazon to get $7 annotated The Secret Garden* ... In response to all the Northanger Abbey talk, I didn't like it when I first read it, but now that I've read The Mysteries of Udolpho and other gothic fiction, I find it hilarious. IMO, It's Austen' ...

>65, 67 lunacat ~ who is the reader? I listened to Elizabeth Klett's (LibriVox) reading of Northanger last year and enjoyed it. I'm wondering if its the reader or the book itself that is boring?

>65: I'm getting discouraged about Northanger Abbey from all the comments I hear. I'm reading two Austens a year until done with them. Last year Pride and Prejudice and Emma; this year Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion; next year were to be Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. H ...

I'm listening to Northanger Abbey but can't say that I'm enthralled. Mostly, I'm bored of it!! But I'll battle through to the bitter end.

... the story-or would it??? I'm back to my ER book (newly arrived), Antsy Does Time (which I just realized is a sequel), Northanger Abbey and Dragon's Teeth--oh, and figuring out 10, ONLY 10, for the science fiction list Tad set up on that thread. Happy reading!

#8 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen I've read several reviews lately that describe this book as a "meh" at best. However, it was on my shelf and a nasty bout of insomnia drove me to it. I thought it was great, largely for two reasons: 1) the snarkiness with which Austen panned Bath ...

... you my favorites in order too: Pride and Prejudice Emma Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey P&P is one of my all time favorite books. The A&E production with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle is a really faithful rendering of the story. I loved Emm ...

... you my favorites in order too: Pride and Prejudice Emma Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey P&P is one of my all time favorite books. The A&E production with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle is a really faithful rendering of the story. I loved Emm ...

... adapted to film much more than others. You've probably seen the adaptations of P&P, S&S, and Emma plenty of times. Northanger Abbey is also one of my personal favorites - although it doesn't always get as much attention. There's only been one film adaptation of it that I've seen (PBS's ...

... do if I were you, starting with my favorites: Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Emma Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park P&P is one of my favorite all time books, I hope you enjoy them all! Frankly, the only I don't like is Mansfield Park, but maybe ...

re Northanger Abbey I think this was Jane Austen's "spoof" of the Gothic novels of her day which is why it is written in that style. I imagine her readers at that time found it very funny! ETA re ON WHAT GROUNDS Darn! I love coffee and I love mysteries! And I love "series" books. But ...

#36 & #37 In defense of Northanger Abbey - I didn't have such a bad reaction to this as cyderry had when I first read it, but I would have agreed that it was far from Jane Austen's best (my favourites are firmly Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice). However, in my habitual rereading of ...

#11 NORTHANGER ABBEY Book Author: Jane Austen Read: Jan 13 - 14 Category: CLASSICS Pages: 288 Definitely no Pride & Prejudice! too pompous and dragged.

I'm about 3 chapters into Northanger Abbey and so far, okay. I really love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, but the premise (based on reviews and such) is a little harder to swallow. I don't think I'm far enough into the story to know yet, but I'll let you know!

#10 NORTHANGER ABBEY Book Author: Jane Austen Read: Jan 13 - 14 Category: CLASSICS Pages: 288 Definitely no Pride & Prejudice! too pompous and dragged. I was terribly disappointed since I adore Pride and Prejudice. I have another JA in My CLassics category for 999 ths ...

Speaking of deep literature.... #10 NORTHANGER ABBEY Book Author: Jane Austen Read: Jan 13 - 14 Category: CLASSICS Pages: 288 Definitely no Pride & Prejudice! too pompous and dragged. I was terribly disappointed since I adore Pride and Prejudice. I have another JA in ...

I am currently reading a couple of them, Emma and Northanger Abbey, my first two Jane Austen books. They are quite different compared to anything else I have read so far with the possible exception of Little Women and Good Wives and are thus refreshing in that sense.

... what I mean, he gets kicked in the balls by life over and over and over and over) and then Austen is just too talky. I read Northanger Abbey and was extremely bored. In Pride and Prejudice I tended to skim the long conversations to the good parts. Anyway, I guess everyone has their ...

I have nearly finished A question of Love which is quite an average good book (3.5 stars) and have now started reading Northanger Abbey

I have just started to read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

I'm planning on finished out her collection this year by reading Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park. I think she has a couple other hard to find books, like Lesley Castle, I would love to read, but I may not get around to them this year.

... 12. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, 1970's 13. Emma, Jane Austen, 1970's 14. Persuasion, Jane Austen, 1970's 15. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 1970 16. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, James Hogg, 1960's 17. Last of the Mohicans, James Fennimore Cooper, 1 ...

... days I've started (and put down) Pere Goriot, The Boat, The Penelopiad, The Collected Stories of Noel Coward, and Northanger Abbey. Nothing is holding my interest. I gave up completely this afternoon and watched Fry and Laurie's "Jeeves and Wooster" (season one, disc one). It is fant ...

I have listened to 3 audio books: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen All wonderful classic rereads. I am about to start Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman (999 challenge)

1. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (176)

>79 celiafrances, I had similar feelings about Northanger Abbey being quite different from other Austen works. Although I enjoyed all of her books, that one is my least favorite.

47. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 48. Washington Square by Henry James 49. Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve 50. The Fortune of the Rougons by Emile Zola celiafrances in Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? December 2008 (Dec 30, 2008, 4:20pm)

I finished Northanger Abbey over the weekend, and I found it enjoyable to read but so different than what I expected from Austen. It's not as if I quite have an expectation of Austen necessarily as I haven't even read them all, but it was such a different tale with the satire (not sure if that's ...

70. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 288 pages For my book club. "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." I couldn't agree more. This book wasn't my favorite, but I did enjoy it. Catherine's love for books seems to resemble our own ...

... about the classics, lol): Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Villette by Charlotte Bronte Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson Books to feed ...

... up all my paperback editions. Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility have been mooched Mansfield Park - mooched Northanger Abbey - mooched Emma - mooched Still available: Pride and Prejudice - brand-new-never-read Borders Classics edition

... Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston, Exit Music by Ian Rankin, and a Jane Austin collection of Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Emma. It looks as if January will be a busy month when these are added to the Canada Reads books I have to get finished before Feburar ...

... creator yields some pretty chilling material. Easily (along with Melmoth) one of the best of the early gothic works. Northanger Abbey which really is only on this list because some of its humor is based on gentle satire of the gothic genre. I think I was a bit disappointed because I was ...

III. 1001 Books 1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3. 4. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster 5. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut * 6. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 7. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

My two required travel books are Northanger Abbey and Jane Eyre. However, I think that I'll be adding The Little Lady Agency this year- it's a long book, but easy to read and pick up the storyline if you get interrupted. The Mysteries of Udolpho will last you a month of Sundays- great ...

103. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (256 pages) 104. Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats by Jeffrey Kluger (374 pages)

... McCall Smith finished 2009 Jan 31 10. Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg finished 2009 Feb 17 11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen finished 2009 Feb 23 12. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren finished 2009 Feb 24 13. Summer Blowout by Claire Coo ...

Category 4: Classics 1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1798) finished 2009 Feb 23 2. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (1950) finished 2009 Feb 24 3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898) finished 2009 Jun 23 4. Night by Elie Wiesel ...

... Dracula Dossier by James Reese 10. Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen 11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 12. Spike: After the Fall 13. Affinity by Sarah Waters 14. Angel: After The Fall Volume 3 by Joss Whedon 15. Holy Fools by Joanne ...

Finished: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

... never read Martineua though..hmm..maybe I should try..^^; wrmjr66: Alas indeed. The world needs more of Austen.. I read Northanger Abbey first..and therefore missed some references..regarding gothic novels..(except Radcliff'e work..since Catherine was reading it..) staffordcastle: yes, I ...

... gothic novel, like by Anne Radcliffe or Matthew Lewis, and then she could read Austen's send-up of the genre, Northanger Abbey.

... Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

... BONUS POINT 2.4 INFERNO READ 3/8/09 BONUS POINT 2.5 The Three Musketeers 2.6 Don Quixote 2.7 NORTHANGER ABBEY READ 1/14/09 2.8 Black Beauty 2.9 The Innocence of Father Brown

... pages 3.5 out of 5 14. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (finished Jan 26th) 203 pages 4 out of 5 15. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (finished Jan 26th) audiobook 1 out of 5 16. I Die, But the Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell (finished Jan 18th) 115 pages ...

... - Nick Hornby (03/15/09) 33. Black Swan Green - David Mitchell (3/21/09) 34. Away - Amy Bloom (3/26/09) 35. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (4/04/09) 36. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips (4/05/09) 37. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews (4/06/09) 38. Dreamers ...

96. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (re-read) 97. The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel by Louis Bayard 98. On the Side of the Angels by Betty Miller 99. Audrey: An Intimate Portrait by Diana Maychick 100. The Physician by Noah Gordon (re-read)

... you" quizzes, but I'm pretty sure that I'd be Anne Elliot. Ooh, I should celebrate if it's her birthday month! Maybe Northanger Abbey next since I was just watching the Masterpiece Theatre version of it the other night. :) Edited because I spelled Elliot wrong, and that's not cool.

106. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen I've loved Jane Austen's other novels, and this was a fairly entertaining diversion, especially if you've got any experience reading 18th Century Gothic novels. It probably isn't something I'll come back to as I will with her others, but I'm glad to ...

I have a few: Remains of the Day by Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons Time and Again by Jack Finney Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ...

... and some interesting insights into why the British are so fond of their tea. It's a pretty short, breezy work. 93. Northanger Abbey My first Austen read. (Having experienced only movie adaptations previously.) I don't know if this would be the best book to start reading Austen, but ...

EC. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - finished 11/25/08 I was inspired to pick up Northanger because I knew it referenced Udolpho and the gothic craze quite a bit. I admit I actually found it a little ...

reading Pride and Prejudice upon the insistence of my friend. I read northanger abbey and didn't like it, but this one seems to be better. There may be something to jane austen after all :)

... r 2. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Suzanna Clarke 3. Moo by Jane Smiley 4. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 7. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 8. Room with a View by E.M Forster ...

... I'm still working on A History of the World in Six Glasses, which I'm almost through. I've got the audiobook for Northanger Abbey on my mp3 player. it's not quite as heavy on Udolpho references as I expected. I'm hoping to get through Dangling Man and Death of a Salesman by the ...

... plot is quite different. Or if you want to read "something different" I suggest Austen's homage to the Gothics of her age, Northanger Abbey--it is a "hoot" and is the reason I want to include The Mysteries of Udolpho in my 999 series. I couldn't find it in print years ago when I read the Aust ...

... and learned societies that entails. And really, you HAVE to read Pride and Prejudice. Or if it intimidates you, try Northanger Abbey, which isn't quite as dense...though the characters aren't anywhere as memorable as P&P. There's also a relatively book entitled The Broad Highway ...

... is too dopey (I've seen the mini-series, which is sumptuous and a bit vacuous), I've got a re-read of Jane Eyre and Northanger Abbey on tap.

Ah, good plan - you'll enjoy Northanger so much more if you have Otranto and Udolpho under your belt. :-)

... thanks everyone! I'm counting the hours until Dec 2, when I can start reading stuff *I* want to read. I haven't read Northanger Abbey yet, and I thought I'd save it until I'd read some of the earlier gothics, such as The Castle of Otranto, first. I've seen the movie Breakfast at Tiff ...

... I read it many years ago and was mightily amused. Not, of course, that that was Walpole's intention ;-) If you enjoyed Northanger Abbey then Otranto is a must read.

Thank you for the suggestion CarlosMcRey :-) I will now plan to read Northanger Abbey and The Mysteries of Udolpho close together. I've just been looking at your 888 challenge thread - you've done very well and your comments and reviews are great.

... devoted to old gothic novels, which turned out to be one of my favorite categories. I thought I'd offer a suggestion. Northanger Abbey plays off a lot of the older gothics, but especially The Mysteries of Udolpho, so I recommend reading it either after Udolpho or right before.

... ike> 3) To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee 4) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 5) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6) Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott 7) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 8) I capture the castle ...

... quite sure why I gave up previously, given I enjoy Wharton normally. Wrong book, wrong time most likely 45. (comfort) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

... (July 24) 6. Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King (August 12) 7. the Midwich Cuckoos, John Wyndham (Nov 8) 8. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen (Dec 16) 9. Disgrace, JM Coetzee (Dec 20) The TBR pile catch-all. The only rule for this category is that the book must have made it to ...

... 01/08/09 (also 1001) * Sense and Sensibility - Finished 03/14/09 (also 1001) - Pride and Prejudice - Northanger Abby - Lady Susan - Mansfield Park - Persuasion Books Selected or Recommended by Amber - Amber is my 17 year old ...

... by Peter Teuthold Convoluted, boring, and not well written at all---this may be one of the novels read in Northanger Abbey, but it's not worth your time.

... hasn't had the 'big names' staring in them. However for 'readability' it's actually quite good. I would not recommend Northanger Abbey I haven't been able to finish that one yet because it's so silly and it's supposed ot be silly I know but it grates on my nerves.

... Sensibility (already read it) - **** Emma - **** Persuasion - ***** Mansfield Park - ***** Lady Susan - *** Northanger Abbey - **** Bronte Collection which includes: Jane Eyre (already read it) - ** Shirley - * Wuthering Heights - **** Villette - * The Prof ...

... x.html She is most famous for her novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) also set in Italy and it is the inspiration for Northanger Abbey.

... Century...but probably not something I'll come back to. I can see why Austen included it as one of her "horrid" novels in Northanger Abbey....but in the end, it just wasn't all that well written, and not that far different from any other popular gothic novel you've read, except in its tendency ...

7. CLASSICS 1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia 4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 5. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ---Inferno - JAN. 2---*** 6. Bleak House by Ch ...

Finished The King's Rose (it was really good) and started Northanger Abbey, which is giving me (giggling) fits, esp. the bits where the "heroine" and that man she likes (dang, I can't for the life of me remember his name ~ you know, the one with the nice sister, not the flakey one) goes ...

... of Albany, NY when it was still Dutch. Because that book is too heavy to read in the bath tub, I'm also reading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen :-)

... instead I may have had a different opinion. I've only read three of Jane Austen--Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park. I've never read anything by Anthony Trollope. I've never read

... Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 4. Emma by Jane Austen 5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6. Persuasion by Jane Austen 7. Lady Susan by Jane Austen Yes, it's true - I have never read a book by Jane Austen. I intend to ...

... Our school library's pretty good & they'll buy a few texts for me, but a few of the more adult ones won't make the cut. Northanger Abbey is actually on the syllabus, but I've chosen not to teach it - because the other options were Keats, Coleridge and Wuthering Heights and they ...

... plays well to the girlhood dream that a prince charming will pursue you until your completely ready to be caught. 47. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. What's supposed to be her Gothic novel. Not my favorite of hers, but not sorry I read it either. 48. Middlesex by Jeffrey Euge ...

I just looked at what was already suggested and thought "what else is like that...". :) I assume Northanger Abbey is at the top of the list of "gothic humour"? A wonderful spoof, I haven't read it for years, but I did enjoy the BBC adaptation ABC showed a few months ago. ETA: What about the ...

2. Classics Written by Female Authors 1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (reread) 3. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (reread) 5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (reread) 6. The Awak ...

Musicophilia and The End of the Beginning were handed to friends at a meetup on Sunday. Also put Lighthousekeeping, Northanger Abbey, The Titan's Curse, Gone for Soldiers, and Katherine on the shelves of the book case at Panera Bread.

From Borders this morning: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Giada's Kitchen by Giada de Laurentiis I'm currently drooling over the picture of chocolate panna cotta with amaretto whipped ...

... of Reason-I thought this was a good adaptation of Persuasion. It was definitely my favorite out of the two books. 7. Northanger Abbey-I'm about halfway through and I am surprised at how much I am loving it. I couldn't make myself like it the first time around.

... brain explosion or two myself during the year, I think Romanticism will be a much safer bet. It's interesting rereading Northanger Abbey after ten years or so. I've missed Austen's deftness of satire with her characterisation, and how swiftly she paints portraits of people you just want ...

... Heights, Kubla Khan, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Ode on a Grecian Urn, but thought Northanger Abbey would also be great fun. I've never taught Austen before, and least of all imagined that I'd be teaching Austen to boys, but for once I actually have a ...

... Rushdie, but honestly, I'll never reread it. the Silmarillion Tried, but just.could.not.read.it. Made it to page 29. Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion-- all duplicates or double-duplicates Non-fiction: Revel, Riot & Rebellion: Popular Politics and Culture in Eng ...

... Horace Walpole goes from page 3 to page 116; The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe goes from page 119 to 294 and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen goes from page 297 to 543. Maybe my copy is abridged and I should think about going to the Library and checking out another copy. What do ...

Daisy Miller, dressed To The Nines met Grandmother and the Priests at Northanger Abbey where they found The Body in the Library.

... inside the book. It has The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole; The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. with an Introduction by Andrew Wright. So mrsradcliffe can we start reading The Mysteries of Udolpho right now? beatles1964

I left England and Northanger Abbey for Long Island, New York with The Sea of Monsters, also in Iceland with Fish Can Sing.

... books. I think it was a lot of fun, although I had (admittedly kind of obsessive, due to Henry Tilney love) Issues with the Northanger Abbey storyline. What's the one you can watch?

I have read Summer. How about Northanger Abbey to round out the Austen books?

I remember the baseball mention in Northanger Abbey, I believe on the first page. I wasn't sure if it was the same game.

... No Country for Old Men a few minutes ago, and will finish Peter and the Shadow Thieves before I go to bed. I'll start Northanger Abbey and Musicophilia tomorrow.

... Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Honorable Mentions: The Moonstone, The Three Musketeers Really?: Survivor, Northanger Abbey

... of books - the girl can see/talk to ghosts and has to help them "move on". More enjoyable than that description sounds! Northanger Abbey - another re-read, I think also for "GRTB!". I love Jane Austen and I had forgotten just how funny this book is. Jumper - a read inspired by the movie. ...

Ooh, big book binge lately. Yesterday, I acquired: Northanger Abbey, which I picked up at the library's $1 cart. Boquitas Pintadas by Manuel Puig from bookmooch. And some trips to the local used book stores today turned up a bounty: Perdido Street Station Trujillo Pet Food Nation ...

From Borders (with 30% off): Northanger Abbey The Great Game, the Struggle for Empire in Central Asia and from the Library: The suspicions of Mr. Whicher (recommended on LT)

In no particular order: Les Miserables The Black Tulip Northanger Abbey The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Odyssey Great Expectations The Histories Macbeth (do plays count?) Madame Bovary Moll Flanders Compiling this, I realize just how few of the classic ...

... "Series and Sequels" and "Literary Debris." I've also doubled up in "Novels by Women" and "Short Stories." OC: Northanger Abbey, The Mill on the Floss, Notes from Underground, Against Nature EX: The Great Gatsby, Gulag Archipelago Vol. 2, The Black Hole War

Northanger Abbey **½ by Jane Austen 08/09/08 †The Great Gatsby ****½ by F. Scott Fitzgerald 08/10/08 The Gulag Archipelago: Vol. 2 ****½ (#185) by Aleksandr Solzenitsyn 08/13/08

... The Lace Reader, because I am easily led by you people, and also Sense and Sensibility. Funnily enough, I almost got Northanger Abbey instead of S&S, in which case I would have been EXACTLY like torontoc in message #13! Oh, and yesterday in the mail I got Three Stories and a Reflection ...

I just bought a copy of The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry and also Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. The Lace Reader just got a rave review in the Saturday book review section of The Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.

... Rackrent 7. Sense and Sensibility 8. Pride and Prejudice 9. Mansfield Park 10. Emma 11. Persuasion 12. Northanger Abbey 13. Frankenstein 14. The Fall of the House of Usher 15. A Christmas Carol 16. The Pit and the Pendulum 17. Jane Eyre 18. Agnes Grey 19. ...

... Best Reading series: http://used.addall.com I have most recently picked up Dracula, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey and Prisoner of Zenda/Rupert of Hentzau through this used book search engine. I have been using it for a couple of years now and have found that if you ...

... thinking last week that I should add an Austen category (and take out another that probably won't fill) since I've read Northanger Abbey plus a number of Austen-inspired sequels and such already this year.

In the last week, I finished Northanger Abbey, Book by Book, Extras, and The Year of Living Biblically. Extras was a turnip, but the others were all quite enjoyable. I'm currently midway through The English American. I haven't made any ...

... read Mansfield Park as closely as I have the others. I just think that because Austen's use of satire is stronger in Northanger Abbey, it offers something different than the other five novels, and I would have argued for its inclusion.

... Park. Granted, it doesn't have the most likable protagonist, but the novel is wonderfully complex. I haven't read Northanger Abbey, so I don't have an opinion on it, but I think Mansfield Park is a much stronger novel than Persuasion. Of course, Persuasion had Anne Elliot going ...

... it a few months ago and thought it was excellent. --- I have to admit, I also question the removal of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey while leaving Mansfield Park on the list. I can deal with having four of six Austen's on the list (still a high percentage rate of books to have made ...

... h. I was sidetracked into reading Pride and Promiscuity yesterday, which was a bit dull. I'm a third through Northanger Abbey and now have Dirda's Book by Book going as well (it's slim though). Pity I have trouble sticking to one or two at a time.

... travel, the second is a novel set in the present, and the third is non-fiction. Currently, I'm reading Austen's own Northanger Abbey. I have a little tradition stretching back more than 20 years to read at least two Austen novels a year, so this is my first of 2008. I started ...

... dead William Gibson Little Saint Hannah Greene St. Peter's Fair Ellis Peters House of Holy Fools Amy Biancolli Northanger Abbey Jane Austen The Blessing Way Tony Hillerman Can't Wait to get to Heaven Fannie Flagg

... Badly by Marie Phillips Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield which I just finished Honorable mention to 2 romances I read, which I totally loved! ...

... Alexander McCall Smith Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Also enjoyed My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse and Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope.

... y Pride and Predjudice I've read these two before, and am now rereading them. Mansfield Park Emma Persuasion Northanger Abbey all Janes in chronological order, straight through.

... my Jane Austen edition. My volume contents: Sense and sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey and Persuasion This volume is titled 'JANE AUSTEN - THE COMPLETE NOVELS' (BCA, Sixth Reprint 1997). I imagine J. Austen wrote more novels. Or? Any ...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin. Not a huge Austin fan, but I loved that.

29. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen After reading North by Northanger, it seemed logical to reread Northanger Abbey, especially since there was far too little of Henry Tilney in North by Northanger. Also, I needed something easy and fairly light to read while pulling an all-nighter in an ...

I recently enjoyed listening to the unabridged LibriVox version of Northanger Abbey at http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen-2/

8. Classic Literature 1. Middlemarch 2. Northanger Abbey 3. Dracula 4. *Bleak House* 5. Washington Square 6. Kristin Lavransdatter 7. The Fortune of the Roug ...

So, I started Northanger Abbey and I made the mistake of reading the notes in the introduction. I feel like I will never be able to comprehend what this prof obtained from the story. It made me uncomfortable. I started the novel and felt more at ease, but the thought of discussing it and ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140430741.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> This weekend I finished Northanger Abbey for the I Love Jane Austen group discussion, but I won't have time to really talk about it until after my trip. I did enjoy it more than other times I ...

... any writings about her and Truman Capote) Middlemarch by George Eliot oops there is a 4th too I am rereading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and it is like reading it for the first time. Where was I the first time around? Definitely not concentrating

... not the type of literature I usually read, but if I was going to pick one, then I'd choose the one I haven't seen, which is Northanger Abbey. I love Austen's prose... the language of the period is beautiful. There were quite a few moments in the novel where I smiled at some of the more ...

Book #9: Northanger Abbey by: Jane Austen -- finished May 24th, 2008 I can't review a book properly without discussing what I thought of the ending, so... **Spoiler Warning** This is my first time reading a Jane Austen novel. I have repeatedly seen and enjoyed the movie versions ...

#609 Heh Heh cat our plan has worked. I finished rereading Northanger Abbey very funny for anyone on the Gothic kick. I also finished The House in Paris this morning. Bowen is an excellent writer but the two novels of hers I have read thus far have been sort of gut wrenching in the ...

... on either the back of the book or in the copyright notice - I've had this problem before. Austen is pretty safe (I got Northanger Abbey from them) but their Count of Monte Cristo is abridged.

I'm about half-way through Northanger Abbey and have noticed that a group discussion on this novel seems to be (more or less) beginning in the "I Love Jane Austen" group. I've been posting there a little bit... will write my full review here when I'm done.

I'm a little more than half-way through Northanger Abbey, which is my first attempt at reading any Jane Austen - ever! Yup... I'm an Austen virgin. I'm not usually drawn to "Capital L" Literature. What I choose (or should I say "chuse") to read has to have pretty high entertainment value for ...

... If the heroine of one novel be not patronised by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard." Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

OK, so I'm attempting to read my first Jane Austen. The only one I haven't already seen a movie version of is Northanger Abbey, so there it is! "sunny_jim9 was all compliance, and his wife all happiness." And again... don't tell the guys at work... ;-) BTW, just watched the new 3 hour An ...

... 21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. 22. The Price of Paradise by Colin Brake. 23. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. 24. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. 25. Another Life by Peter Anghelides. 26. Slow Decay by Andy Lan ...

... 21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. 22. The Price of Paradise by Colin Brake. 23. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. 24. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. 25. Another Life by Peter Anghelides. 26. Slow Decay by Andy Lan ...

... which I mentioned on another thread and I am almost finished with The House in Paris and midway through a reread of Northanger Abbey and rereading The History Boys because I am working on a production of it next year. For fun I think my next book will be The Go Between But who knows.

April was a lean month for me, no standouts but my three are: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - I classic I had never gotten around to reading, I'm glad I finally did. Blood of Roses by Marsha Canham - historical romance set around the Battle of Culloden in Scotland and Enchantment ...

... up with cat. But Compski just reminded me I had planned on doing the Jane Austen read along which means I should reread Northanger Abbey Then rissa's idea of rereading Prince Caspian also seems like a good idea. Sigh.

... my other book. Now I'm in 1824 the Arkansas War by Eric Flint. Just started it, looks good so far. Still working on Northanger Abby. I like this thread alot, perhaps we could start one for every other month?

... book. I did buy a copy for my library for reference. Tonight I start Half-Blood Prince for the group reading and Northanger Abbey for an "I Love Jane Austen" group reading. Anyone can participate. Our official start date is the 15th, but a compskibook in 50 Book Challenge : CompSki's Books! (May 10, 2008, 8:55pm)

... fall asleep at night. Needless to say that I never got very far. Now I am going to start two rereads for book groups: Northanger Abbey for the Jane Austen group, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the Hogwarts express group. I am going to try to read HP five chapters a week ...

52. *Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (247) Having recently seen and read The Jane Austen Book Club, I've decided to quit wasting time and read Austen's books myself. I've only read Pride & Prejudice previously and not very thoroughly, either. I liked Catherine immediately. I can ...

19 jseger I'm halfway through Northanger Abbey.

... / 33000 pages. 47% done! Currently reading: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (yes, for exactly the reason you're thinking)

I bought The Jane Austen Book Club and Northanger Abbey. I really enjoyed the movie of Book Club and it (the movie) has inspired me to read both the book it was based on and Austen's books, most of which I've never read. I grabbed Northanger Abbey because...I don't know, exactly. I had to ...

... reading takes up most of my time. The ones I definitely want to read this year are: War and Peace Middlemarch Northanger Abbey Naomi Novik's Temeraire series My Cormac McCarthy books Cloud Atlas Stephen King's Dark Tower series Der Zauberberg House of Leaves ...

... first followed by Sense and Sensibility then Emma I think after that it was Persuasion then Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey followed by Sanditon and the Watsons and finally Jane Austen's Letters I think unlike those who dislike Emma and Northanger Abbey those heroines ...

lol... Oh, yeah... I do have to get around to reading Northanger Abbey! Thanks for the reminder, sussabmax. I just want to make sure I'm in the right mood... it will be an unusual read for me!

From BookMooch in the mail today, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and A Girl of Limberlost. AND, I got my box of BookMooch business cards.

... Susan, one of her lesser known works, and thoroughly enjoyed this novella in letters. Next up were Persuasion and Northanger Abbey which I followed by watching the PBS adaptations. It's enjoyable to see the characters come to life on the TV screen. I've just begun Mansfield Park. ...

My order: Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Emma Persuasion Sanditon Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey I too recommend reading Pride and Prejudice first, or Northanger Abbey.

... keeping such good track of things back when I read these, but I think I did Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. Mostly in chronological order, I guess, though that was not at all purposeful.

I read Northanger Abby first for a class. While still in college a friend recommended Pride and Prejudice. I think Emma was next and then maybe Sense and Sensibility. I am not sure what order I read Persuasion and Mansfield Park. I would definitely recommend Pride and Prejudice ...

>37 Thanks for your comments, karen! It's possible that I enjoyed Northanger Abbey because I don't have kids! ;D I've found a great audiobook version of Persuasion so I hope to re-read it again (or rather, listen to it) someday.

... three most well-known -- would each be a fine place to start. Each has its own appeal. The others are a bit different -- Northhanger Abbey plays with gothic convention, which doesn't appeal to some, and Persuasion is significantly less... frothy, I guess, than Emma at least, and MP, well, ...

... in this one 19. Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank - loved it! 20. The Wedding by Julie Garwood 21. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - loved it! 22. My Devilish Scotsman by Jen Holling 23. Shadows on the Aegean by Suzanne Frank 24. The Pride of Lions by M ...

... I am also reading Middlemarch by George Eliot for an LT group read. I also just finished a graphic novel version of Northanger Abbey, which was kind of disappointing.

I am in England 1700s with Jane Austen's Northanger Abby. I am also in Scotland, present day with The Poet of Loch Ness. I am also in America 1800s with Thirteen Moons. I'm too many places to keep it straight!! At least I'm covering three centuries!!

A place to hold a group discussion, beginning 15 May 2008, of Jane Austen's first completed novel, Northanger Abbey. Some references and links, in case anyone is interested Searchable Online Text of the Novel, Courtesy of ...

... no one minds, I'm going to go ahead and start a thread for a group read, so we can have a nice slot for the discussion of Northanger Abbey. Right now I am actually reading a graphic novel of the book - seeing the story in this format is pretty funny.

I haven't yet read Mansfield Park, but I liked Northanger Abbey well enough -- until that squashed ending. The last two or three chapters read like Austen had to finish writing that book for a class deadline.

I also loved Northanger Abbey, I just read it for the first time and thought it was terrific (especially since it was JA's first book!). My least favorite by far was Mansfield Park. I cannot find one reason to like it. I didn't like a single character in the book, plus I found the plot ...

I too enjoy Northanger Abbey. It is such great pastiche of the gothic novel that I find it very funny but it is also very different than her other works. I am with mstrust. Mansfield Park is my least favorite- Fanny is too nice and I get tired of watching her trod upon.

How about the 15th of each month we start talking about a book. For example, May 15 we will begin a discussion about Northanger Abby, June 15: Sense and Sensibility, July 15: Pride and Prejudice and so on. This is just a suggestion for the date, I am open to discussion.

... of him bothers me. Over the years, I've grown to like Fanny, but I just can't get over my initial distaste for Edmund. Northanger Abbey's not my favorite, but I love it more every time I read it.

Well I will have to wait to pass judgment until I finish reading all of her books. Some of us are starting to read Northanger Abbey and then discuss it. You are all welcome to join in too. And we are planning on reading all of her works which will be a first for me. If you must discuss it with ...

I'm like a lot of you I have never read Northanger Abbey before so this will be a new experience for me even though I own all of the movies on either DVD or VHS tapes. And I recently saw my DVD copy of the movie. I have never been one to read any of the Classics before I joined LT even though ...

OK everyone has agreed we'll start with Northanger Abbey. Some people are much slower readers than others so I want to make sure everyone gets enough time to finish reading the book. We should probably all agree to have the book read by a certain date then we discuss what we liked about it, ...

... Elizabeth is such a strong person, whose common sense for the most part is her best trait. So on the opposite side, Northanger Abbey is my least favorite. Catherine has no common sense and I have a hard time liking her. I am re-reading it now and I remember why I don't read this one ...

I happen to be reading Northanger Abbey right now and since I have never read it before I would love to discuss it when I am done.

I was just about to downloaded Northanger Abbey, I am eager to start listening to it. Thanks for the info, I will check to see who reads it before I continue.

So, we're starting with Northanger Abbey? Good, I haven't read that one yet. I have all her novels in a wonderful hardcover my brother got me for Christmas!

So, we're starting with Northanger Abbey? Good, I haven't read that one yet. I have all her novels in a wonderful hardcover my brother got me for Christmas!

I think we could do any order we want. Maybe in the order she wrote them, starting with Northanger Abbey?

My top 5 would be: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy and I'm including The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox even though I just finished it because it was such a ...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - excellent. (solo reader, Elizabeth Klett, US and British accents. Highly enjoyable!). There are two versions of 'Northanger Abbey' available on LibriVox. The one I listened to (and prefer) is version 2 by Elizabeth Klett. http://librivox.org/northanger-abbe ...

Digifish - many people seem to really enjoy Northanger Abbey. It was the last of all her novels I read and liked it the least (definitely in the minority on that one). I found her gothic novel spoof and slight hysteria a bit too 'teenager' for me. (It might be because I am in the middle of ...

There actually is a comic of Northanger Abbey! It is contained in the book Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume 14. Given my love of this book, I will definitely be picking it up at some point - I'll make sure to report back. >26, compskibook, manga are Japanese comics. Sometimes I ...

123- Yes, I hear you. Unfortunately in this case I had a bit of a problem justifying the new Northanger Abbey, as the one it's replacing is new and unread. But, in my defense of the new purchase, the old one was really cheap. There. I've justified it. And furthermore, now that I think of it, I ...

... so obviously secondhand -- and which in all likelihood still wouldn't hold a metaphorical candle to the copy of Northanger Abbey you've described elsewhere.

... The cover is plain--a embossed (black on black) trio of small flowers, and Jane Austen written in script in gold foil, and Northanger Abbey written in red foil. Each edition has the title in a different coloured foil. The spine has the same writing. Inside there are a number of introductions ...

... needs illustrations (you can get Vermeer pics on the internet too, of course) Today I bought a really nice edition of Northanger Abbey, which will replace a perfectly adequate Dover edition. I also got Pierre Berton's The Arctic Grail, which I've picked up every time I've gone to the ...

24. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Surprisingly good fun! Perhaps it was because I listened to this an unabridged audiobook, but I found it to be more engaging and humorous than some of Austen's other works (e.g Persuasion).

>65 Rarcar1 There are two versions of Northanger Abbey available on LibriVox. The one I am listening to is version 2, read as a solo project by Elizabeth Klett, at http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen-2/

... LibraryThing and Amazon. I'll definitely read more from Ms. Le Guin. (Oh, and I haven't forgotten Ms. Austen either... Northanger Abbey is on my "to read" list!

I really liked Northanger Abbey. I listened to it on audio and laughed out loud in several places. I had watched a screen production before listening to the book and hadn't enjoyed it very much (lovely to look at, though). So when I listened to the book I found it much different from the ...

>60, 62 I am probably going against the grain here but Northanger Abbey is so far the most interesting of Austen's work I've read so far. There is actually a plot (and humour)! In Persuasion, and to a lesser degree Sense and Sensibility, I found myself quite bored after the first few ...

... Santa Search by Jeff Guinn Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Lady Susan by Jane Austen Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Northanger Abbey is far from Austen's best, but it's not her worst, either. (Which one would be her worst varies; to my mind it's Mansfield Park.) Have you read other Austens? DianeS owned by Wilma, Angel, and Simba rented out by Fleur, Gizmo, Hedwig, Itsy, and Jaspurr

#58 I started Northanger Abbey from LibriVox and could not get past the first reader. Does it get better? I'll have to try it again.

Its great to get some feedback! #5: I think one of the reasons I like Northanger Abbey was its emphasis on reading, even if it did kind of poke fun of the gothic novels of the time. I believe reading for escape and intrigue is as significant as reading for information. Let's just read!

#20. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen This is the third Jane Austen book I've read this year. I am also enjoying the Austen adaptations on Masterpiece after reading the book. Northanger Abbey was delightful. The actress portraying Catherine did a wonderful job capturing her innocence, ...

... to read. I have found it fascinating to read some of these threads and see what people are reading. Almost finished with Northanger Abbey.

Used a giftcard to Barnes & Noble yesterday and came out with more than expected: Emma by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Stori Telling by Tori Spelling Now if I can only find time to read them all along with ...

I've finished listening to Life, the Universe and Everything and am now listening to Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey - an unabridged version from LibriVox which is very well read.

I'm starting the month off with Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

#135 ktleyed - I really liked Northanger Abbey too. Now you have to go read Mysteries of Udolpho! I am still reading The Sunne in Splendor which I am loving as expected. This novel is ripe for the picking for some sort of HBO or BBC series -- it would be such a blockbuster considering ...

I just finished Northanger Abbey. Delightful, one of Austen's best. Catherine Morland is adorable and Tilney is irresistible! One of my favorite Austen gentlemen! A must read, I'm sorry it took me so long to get around to reading it! Now, I'm going to begin a Scottish romance, My Devilish Sco ...

I just finished Northanger Abbey and loved it! I only wish I had read it earlier, what a delightful read! Catherine Morland is adorable and Tilney is irresistible! He's now one of my favorite Austen gentlemen!

#21 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Delightful, one of Austen's best. Catherine Morland is adorable and Tilney is irresistible! One of my favorite Austen gentlemen! A must read, I'm sorry it took me so long to get around to reading it! 21/50

... my categories, but I've certainly not been sticking to my original lists. What I've read so far: 1 - CLASSICS I OWN Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Feb) 2 - NEW AUTHORS Someone Not Really Her Mother by Harriet Scott Chessman (Feb) Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson ...

... and best of all, they don't have the usual formulaic endings! I'm adding Garwood to my favorite authors! Now to begin Northanger Abbey the only Austen book I've yet to read, though I've wanted to read it for ages.

I am just starting Northanger Abbey, the only Austen book I have yet to read. I need something literary after reading so many romance novels lately. #53 philosojerk - I can so relate, that book was such a slog for me, but I'm proud I actually finished it and didn't give up on it. But, ...

Only Austen at the booksale today was Northanger Abbey, but I picked it up and it's in my inventory, if anyone's interested.

... George Washington -- I finished this a while back, but forgot to post it here. 9. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, a review of which I expect soon. AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 March 2008 (Mar 27, 2008, 11:38am)

I finished Northanger Abbey last night. Got started on the preface to my review book, Opera and the Morbidity of Music this morning, but I might work on something else until I'm feeling a bit better. (Home sick right now -- mostly it's passed, but I was up since 3:30 this morning.)

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... by Barbara Kingsolver **** 13. To the Lighthouse by Virgina Woolf **** 14. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen ***½ 15. Northanger Abby by Jane Austen **½ 16. Jacob's Room by Virgina Woolf **½

#21: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. This is okay Austen. It was clear that it was her earliest novel. It was witty and often laugh-out-loud funny, but the plotting and pacing seemed a bit off in the last half of the book. The characters often felt more like caricatures (and I know this is ...

... flights of stairs -- we live in a walk-up). This means I'll still be working on the same reading tomorrow. That would be Northanger Abbey, though I may also make some progress on The Elizabethan World Picture, which has to stay home since I can't hold it open while eating.

... Classics, I have: * Persuasion (q.v.) * Northanger Abbey (q.v.) * The Pickwick Papers (AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 March 2008 (Mar 20, 2008, 9:54am)

... keep it open with one hand (the other being required for eating). So I'll bend my one-book-at-a-time policy and start Northanger Abbey today.

The Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, concerning Watson, Holmes, and . . .Sigmund Freud. Northanger Abbey is Austen's part-homage to, part-parody of gothic novels from the late 18th century. Labyrinths in which Borges "writes over" genres, including detective fiction, and has ...

Bought Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More today.

I have bought Persuasion and Northanger Abbey today! And I forgot to mention here that last week I bought Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights....

14. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

Going to start Northanger Abbey today.

... ( Coastliners ) 13. Jane Austen - Overtuiging ( Persuasion ) 14. Jane Austen - De liefdes van Catherine Morland ( Northanger Abbey ) 15. Anne Bronte - De huurster van Wildfell Hall ( The tenant of Wildfell hall ) 16. Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Club Dumas 17. William Peter Blatty ...

... of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain A Midsummer Night's Dream, Billy Shakespeare The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen and a bookmark. and all for only $19.25! Amazing!

... - seller 20. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner - library; personal copy later purchased 21. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - keeper 22. The Tale of the Four Dervishes and Other Sufi Tales by Amina Shah - keeper 23. Ironside by Holly Black - ...

The books that I've read this month that are on the list are: The Lord of the Rings 50th Anniversary Edition, Northanger Abbey, The Name of the Rose, The Spy who came in from the Cold and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

... ction) Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip (rereads) Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip (borrowed books and rereads) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (classics) Someone Not Really Her Mother by Harriet Scott Chessman (new authors) I've also posted reviews for some of the books I'v ...

... the Bee, Erec Rex and others cr: Every Crooked Pot, Death in Venice, Girl, Nearly 16, Absolute Torture lf2: northanger abbey

butterwort - That's funny because I remember reading Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey for the first time years ago and being intrigued by The Mysteries of Udolpho that the girls kept reading and talking about throughout the book. After I finished Northanger Abbey, I went to my university's ...

... ke> Sense and Sensiblity - Jane Austen Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Madame Bovar ...

No problem. :) I crossed Northanger Abbey off my list yesterday; another one down! I'd rank it as my favourite Austen novel. I got a huge kick out of how she played with the conventions of the gothic novel. It was a damned fun read!

21. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - keeper I had a wonderful time with this book! It's largely a commentary on the popular literature of Austen's time, and she does some great things with it. With this book, she set out to turn every convention on its head, and I think she suceeded in ...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I'm reading it both as an e-book and in print form so I'll have easy access to the text at all times. I'm almost finished now, and I've really enjoyed it. It's a very fun little book.

Même si je les aime tous, je crois que ma préférence va tout de même à Northanger Abbey - d'une courte tête devant Orgueil et préjugés. J'aime vraiment l'ironie de Jane dans ce livre ci, son humour et sa manière de se moquer gentiment de son héroïne (et puis j'avoue que Mr Tilney est ...

... oupe* Je n'ai pas le coffret de la BBC (peut-être un jour) mais j'ai vu les dernières adaptations en date (ITV et BBC) de Northanger Abbey - ma préférée - Mansfield park - trop simplifiée mais pas si mal que ça - Persuasion - j'ai détesté cette adaptation par contre :-( - et Raison ...

Seems like slow going so far, but finally another one done: 4. Northanger Abbey, which I just finished listening to, narrated by Flo Gibson. This was the only Jane Austen book I'd started and never finished - somewhere between age 17 and 21. I couldn't really appreciate the satire and irony ...

Still going with Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, and just started listening to the audiobook of Northanger Abbey. I'm listening to it only while at the gym, so that gives me an incentive to go.

After a hard week of learning how to prevent another Chernobyl, I treated myself to a coffee and some books. So Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo found their way to my tbr list. Edited to correct spelling.

Finished in January: In Cold Blood Agnes Grey House of Leaves Northanger Abbey The Bridge on the Drina #97 and 98 - what other books are you reading for your classes? I always wanted to take more lit classes, but the science usually got in the way.

Ooh I love Einstein's Dreams and Northanger Abbey and Alice in Wonderland Good choices!

Oh, I love Northanger Abbey! I'm reading a book called The Faerie Path. It's all right, but I'm not madly impressed.

... good! I started it almost immediately after leaving the bookstore on Saturday, and I finished it on Sunday. Now I'm reading Northanger Abbey. It's funny!

Easy-peasy! Northanger Abbey!

I really liked this Northanger Abbey. I thought it well cast and well done. I like having this Jane Austen series to look forward to!

I've gotta say that I really liked the movie last night. Northanger Abbey, though enjoyable, has always felt like the weakest of Austen's completed novels to me. Some of the characterizations just never came through quite as well, maybe, and I never really felt like I was there in Bath. ...

I enjoyed Northanger Abbey. The dresses were lovely!

... L. Morgan Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs The Illustrated Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Also picked up Inkheart from the library to read. I'm feeling pretty good. :)

Oh compskibook I loved the 1990 adaptation of Persuasion. I too am excited to see Northanger Abbey which I think is very funny and Mansfield Park They are also doing a biopic on Jane Austen at the end I own the Ehle/Firth P&P but I'll happily watch it again. . .

There are old films of Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park that leave A LOT to be desired. Northanger Abbey is lovely to look at for scenery and costumes, though. I'm looking forward to the new ones (I guess they've already aired in the UK). Edit: I checked the old ones out from the ...

... not seen any other film version and have not even read the book (I just read P&P for the first time last year, and I have Northanger Abbey on my TBR list, just as soon as I finish The Mysteries of Udolpho), the character of Anne did not seem so much quiet and sensible as slow and stupid. The ...

... the adaptations of her films they are showing on PBS the next couple of months. There are some that are never done like Northanger Abbey that I am looking forward to seeing. Anyone else watching?

... I even pulled the book out to re-read the end to see what the heck was going on. Well, not that PDA stuff to be sure! Northanger Abbey. I think I saw the previous PBS version before I read/listened to the book. (I had seen a recommendation somewhere about the costumes and Bath scenery ...

... gets her man! But, still, enjoyable. I'll be happily looking forward to seeing what the rest of the series brings! Northanger Abbey is next, I believe? (At least on PBS in the 'States.) PBS has a silly/amusing little "Men of Austen" thing up on their site. Why Colin as Darcy? Oh... ...

... is the most I can give it. I have always loved the Amanda Root version and this didn't even come close. Maybe I will like Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park better because I have never seen a version of either that I have liked. For Anne to be telling a greiving Benwick that women love ...

... of Jane Eyre last week, too, so perhaps both films were directed by the same person. I can't wait for next week's Northanger Abbey. CC

1 - CLASSICS I OWN 1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4. The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot 5. The Story of Avis by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 6. The Bostonians by Henry James 7. The Secre ...

... weeks. According to my local PBS station's schedule, the first one to air will be Persuasion and the second one will be Northanger Abbey. I don't think I've ever seen a film version of Northanger Abbey before. I have no idea if these will be aired outside of the US or not...

... Guards! by Terry Pratchett (best new author discovery), Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers (best reread) and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin (best classic I never read before) O.K., so I fudged up there. WORST FICTION: James Fenimore Cooper's Works, vol. 5 Yaaaaaawn.

... heights 8 Carmilla Extra Credit 9 John Polidori's The Vampyre 10 Northanger Abbey 11 Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume 14 12 Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus II Short Sto ...

... Potter Book 5 David Langford: The End of Harry Potter? Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Stephenie Meyer:* Twilight New Moon Eclipse Charles de Lint* Newford: Little (Grrl) Lost Newford: Promises to Ke ...

... eads 1. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 3. A Room with A View by E.M. Forster 4. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 5. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 8. The Age ...

1. Classics 1. Middlemarch by George Eliot 2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 4. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy 5. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 6. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 7. T ...

... Kind of Freedom by Steven Brust 8 Books from the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake The Go ...

... novels as a whole... did Anne of Persuasion sell herself to (who appeared to be) the highest bidder? Did Catherine of Northanger Abbey? Did Harriet of Emma? Did Fanny of Mansfield Park? And come on now, it's not Darcy's fault that he's disgustingly rich :-P Though I suppose if ...

... Often it's so understated that you have to be on the lookout for it — but when you do see it, it's downright hilarious! Northanger Abbey is a wonderful example of this. Read it in conjunction with Anne Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and you will see Austen's biting wit. It's ...

So far, I've read 30 this year, and those that really stood out ahead of the others are: Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey (932) John Cleland - Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (974) Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre (904) D. H. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s Lover ( ...

... by Dorothy L. Sayers mystery Pearls Before Swine: Sgt. Piggy’s Lonely Hearts Club Comic by Stephen Pastis cartoon Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin fiction Dawn of the Dons by Tirey L. Ford nonfiction Death of a Dude by Rex Stout mystery Bargain With Death by Hugh Pentecost ...

... any of the books I read from the list this year, but the ones which immediately stand out in my mind are: Atonement Northanger Abbey Disgrace An Artist of the Floating World The Midwich Cuckoos There are plenty of other books on the list which I love and have read, but most ...

... intertextual references to a number of other literary works including Henry James' The Golden Bowl, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, and Shakespeare's The Tempest and Twelfth Night." I also found a couple of articles that mentioned What Maisie Knew. I think I'll need to ...

The one (recent) ITV adaptation that did work was Northanger Abbey. Interestingly, it was adapted by Andrew Davies who was responsible for many of the BBC classics, including Pride and Prejudice. It doesn't stick to the novel but it does manage to capture the 'feel' of it.

66. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

... few good hours at Barnes and Nobles and bought The Best Nest, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins and Henry and Jane by Anais Nin

... Alchemist's Dream and am currently reading Elijah of Buxton . That's my Canadian content. I've also just finished Northanger Abbey .

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Just could not get into Northanger Abbey so decided to listen to some mind candy, just to clear the mental palate after reading a number of heavy ("serious") tomes, both audio and printed. I chose Dark Guardian, a Carpathian romance by Christine Feehan, and am halfway through it and enjoying ...

I had a good mail day: Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming by Rachel Hartman and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen both arrived, by way of BookMooch.

36. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Probably my least favorite of her works, and the one I read last. Years ago I began to read and reread all the other books, and am just now getting to Austen's "gothic" novella. Helpfully, I read The Mysteries of Udolpho about a year ago, so I was able ...

... literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature Les Misérables PR—English literature Northanger Abbey PS—American literature The Sound and the Fury PT—German literature - Dutch literature - Flemish literature since 1830 - Scandinavian literature - Ol ...

Finished Northanger Abbey, loved it. Also Murder Must Advertise, my favorite Sayers book. Still reading the Churchill book. Started a Pearls Before Swine book, Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic, and one called Dawn of the Dons, a story of the history of California.

... My review is here. ElizaJane - how about Northanger Abbey? It's one of few Austen books I haven't yet read! And whoever picks next, please chose from my TBR tag! Thanks! A quick warning, I may be slow ...

... Wife on audio. After NaNo November, I think I'll see if I can find it and give it a whirl. This morning I started Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. (Can you believe "Jane Austen" won't touchstone ~ and, yes, I'm using double brackets?!? What's up with that?)

... game or everyone would have tried to offer me comfort. Am beginning Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

... reading The Talismans of Shannara by Terry Brooks On the top of my pile up next is Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen My first love is Sci Fi and Fantasy but I'm trying to work my way through some classic authors.

24.) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen What a change! I have gone from my gutsy, strong, supernatural heroines to insipid little Catherine Morland! Hmm. I liked this book a lot, found it more lively than Persuasion, but although I liked the secondary characters, I found Catherine to be ...

... her best novel, and Jane Austen's best novel can certainly be called a masterpiece! Yet it isn't my favourite, that's Northanger Abby followed by Persuasion - more fun to read, somehow. and in the Fs: Nothing again, though I had to translate an excerpt from Frankenstein once in a ...

... Among the more literary novelists -- Barbara Kingsolver born in KY, now living in Va. author of The Poisonwood Bible.Elizabeth Hardwick who wrote during the 40's & 50's, author of Sleepless nights

The ITV version of Northanger Abbey is actually very good. It may not follow the book accurately but Andrew Davies' script manages to convey the spirit of the novel. Billie Piper was too modern to be a successful Fanny Price which meant that Mansfield Park was stillborn. Persuasion ...

While we are on the DVD topic, has anyone ever seen a good version of Mansfield Park or Northanger Abbey that they can recommend? edited for touchstones and a typo

... of reading The Bell Jar two years ago: it is not a good sign when you empathize overmuch with these narratives. 22. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Catherine Morland, a heroine in her own mind, invents Gothic intrigue while remaining oblivious to the prosaic plots being hatched ...

... on invitations. I guess if I was to reread the stories, I would do it in order of when she wrote them. That would make Northanger Abbey first and then the rest in publication order. The characters would seem to grow and mature as you went. I have never read any of Jane's letters. Could ...

... fact that she was completely new to me and I hadn't attuned to her style. However, when I listened to an audio book of Northanger Abbey, I was very lucky in that those reading it (from Librivox) really "got" where Austen was coming from and made it a wonderful experience. Consequently, ...

... and art books. On my desk, there are eight audiobooks: The Sun Also Rises, A Moveable Feast, Absalom, Absalom, Northanger Abbey, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Promise Me, and The Colossus of New York, all waiting to be downloaded onto my iPod. On top of the printer that is ...

Having read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen earlier in the year, I thought it might be fun to tackle the "horrod" novels listed throughout the book (Catherine Morland is obsessed with reading Gothic novels). The books mentioned run as follows: 1. The Necromancer: or, The Tale of the Black ...

... if she had just the best intentions in her actions, it goes in line with a snobbish attitude which I dislike very much. Northanger Abbey wins very much, if you have read all the books beforehand which Austen parodies in that work. There are much allusives on Fanny Burney's Camilla, ...

... first book I'd ever read by Jane Austen and it almost put me right off. If it hadn't been for a Librivox recording of Northanger Abbey (which is my favourite so far), I never would have tried any others. I've since read and loved Pride and Prejudice and I'm currently listening to ...

I agree Jill, I've been having a really hard time finishing Northanger Abbey. *grins* Of course, it doesn't help that I keep picking up other stuff to read.

I confess that Northanger Abbey has never kept my interest long enough to be able to say that I've read it.

... read for the first time Pride and Prejudice and loved. So, next up of hers are Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Northanger Abbey.

... I have one in two parts -- part one "easy"; part two "advanced" 1.) Name the title and author of the novel referenced in Northanger Abbey. 2.) In speaking of said referenced novel, what is it that Catherine believes is "hidden behind the black veil?"

... enchable). other (famous but do not want to give it away) Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

83. Hidden Warrior - Lynn Flewelling 84. The Oracle's Queen - Lynn Flewelling 85. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 86. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

I spent a few days with Stephanie Plum in Trenton, NJ, but am now in Bath, England reading Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

S&S might be the worst (except for perhaps Northanger Abbey) Austen book to start with. It's one of her older novels so, as you said, the language is more dense. Personally, I'd recommend Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and then Emma. :-)

... volumes in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich: High Five and Hot Six. Next up is Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. I expect this will be quite different than Stephanie's misadventures in Trenton, NJ. :-)

I decided I wanted to own all of Jane Austen's works, so I got Persuasion and Northanger Abbey today. I already have the rest. Edited to add: Just her novels, I don't have her early works (yet).

... (read by Mark Nelson) - pretty decent The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (read by Andy Minter) - excellent Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (read by various readers) - good King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard (read by John Nicholson) - not bad Fanny Hill by Joh ...

... as, again, I'd only ever read an abridged version when I was younger. I also recently listened to an audi book of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen which is quite Gothic-y. I am now determined to read all the "horrid books" mentioned by the characters in that book and am planning on ...

... series 35. Hot Six - review, more of the same 36. Northanger Abbey - review, Austen's first but not her best 37. Gate of the Sun - clamairy in Site talk : Apology (Jul 1, 2007, 10:21pm)

... odd. When I clicked on the Austin page, it did not say I owned any of her works. But when I checked my library, my copy of Northanger Abbey was indeed listed as being written by one Jane Austin. (All the others were correct.) CURSE YOU AMAZON! Sheesh. I wonder how many other mistakes ...

... Martin Emma, Elinor and Edward Ferrars and Marianne and Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, Catherine and Henry in Northanger Abbey - face class impediments to their (imagined, hoped for, and real) romantic relationships. Austen understood that marriage is of particular concern to ...

33. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - Another JA classic, though I admit I didn't like it as much as Pride and Prejudice. 34. North by Northanger or the Shades of Pemberley by Carrie Bebris - A Mr and Mrs Darcy Mystery, a very good read. I really enjoyed this sort of crossover ...

... (architect...) Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe (...no-one said anything about human edifices) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen ...nice subject choice -- something we can all have fun with out of our own libraries!

16. North by Northanger - finished this up. Really enjoyed it, but now I need to read Northanger Abbey to catch some of the references. I'll need to pick up a copy soon. Started Every Inch a King by Harry Turtledove. Since I'm on vacation, I decided I didn't need to read anything heavy ...

... Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I, The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson compared with Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen with assistance from Jane Austen by Carol Shields Time Period Both of these books are set in approximately the ...

... I'm up to 40 something for three quarters of work, plus outside reading. Books: Fall 2006: 1 Oroonoko, Behn 2 Northanger Abbey, Austen, 3 Pamela, Richardson, 4 A Sentimental Journey, Sterne 5 Captain Singleton, Defoe 6 the Tain, Thomas Kinsella, 7 Possession, Byatt, ...

I've got Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, and Northanger Abbey checked out right now. I've finished Commodore and am in the middle of the other two right now.

... as Au Pair. I took with me an unfinished John Grisham - The brethren Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice & Northanger Abbey after that I read Harry Potter 1-4 Sense and Sensibility Persuasion The Hobbit The lord of the Rings and winter was there. At that ...

... One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (my exposure to S. American lit is SO limited!) Europe: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (not her best, perhaps, but pretty funny & with underlying critiques of English society) Africa: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahf ...

... audio books. I do find them a little "harder going" occasionally, but over-all I've discovered some new favourites, such as Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. i'm currently listening to an audio book of Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasur ...

Austen originally composed Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey in the eighteenth century, though she revised them later for publication, so I always give her to the eighteenth century. I have to say though, I'm dedicated to Samuel Richardson. Sir Charle ...

... t. I am going to start A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul -- my first by him. #10 sunshine -- I also really liked Northanger Abbey as well. Pride and Predjudice of course is a must; Mansfield Park is my other fave. I agree Re: Ann Radcliffe -- you might even try the actual ...

#10 - If you liked Northanger Abbey why not try a book by ann radcliffe? The Italian is fairly short and is a thrilling read. Sorry about no touchstone but the wrong book kept coming up and I can't change it, so I thought rather no touchstone than a misleading one!

... of Murder very recently for a reading circle and rather enjoyed it. Nice concept. #10 ReadinginSunshine - Northanger Abbey was the novel that got me into Jane Austen (I'd read and not much enjoyed Emma but decided to give her another try and was NOT disappointed by this ...

... but Im having trouble getting into it. I just thought I would add my two cents in about that. Currently reading Northanger Abbey and I love it so far. Its my first Jane Austen book and it really makes me want to read more. Any suggestions for my next read--something along the lines ...

... Period, which I consider having lasting significance and worth, including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion by Jane Austen; Far From The Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy; Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott; ...

... Priest - MUCH better than the film and full of intrigue. If you like classics, Pride and Prejudice and Northange Abbey, both by Jane Austen are excellent.

... Pride and Prejudice, as well as Emma, and am reading Sense and Sensibility at the moment. I just received a copy of Northanger Abbey and will read it in the next few months. I am enjoying her work so much I will likely read all of her books.

I've been on a small Paperbackswap binge. Two Janet Evanovich books arrived the other day. Today I received: - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy These are two of my choices for a classics reading challenge beginning in July ... and are on the "100 ...

... Also, you can sometimes speed the process of being 'ready' to read the ill though-of book. For instance, I was reading Northanger Abbey a few weeks ago, and reached a point in the beginning of the book where I had to put it down. It was slowing my reading down, and I wasn't getting ...

I saw Northanger Abbey (I was also listening to an audio book version of it at the time, which was excellent!) and also watched Persuasion (which I also enjoyedand now definitely intend to read). I missed the Mansfield park one though (I was kicking myself for forgetting!). I'm hoping to ...

... wanted to slap the heroine and was bored silly with all the nothingness happening). Then I listenend to an audio book of Northanger Abbey a short while ago and absolutely loved it (it's my favourite so far). I continued and read Pride and Prejudice this month and loved that too. I also ...

Kerian: The order was purely by chance - Emma was chosen for a reading circle last year. Northanger Abbey was recommended to me, but the fact that I got the audio book for free from www.librivox.org was the clincher there. Then I embarked on the Classics Challenge and thought since I'd ...

Kell: I just finished Northanger Abbey yesterday. You've chosen to read the books in a good order, as I've heard Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice are Austen's best. I've still to read Emma as well as Mansfield Park and Persuasion.

... parents has something to do with her wider project for the education and liberation of women, which is the main theme of Northanger Abbey, for example. In many ways, Austen's novels are anti novels in that they encourage the reader (mostly women in Austen's day) to look beyond surface ...

Austen straddles the turn of the century - I think some of her novels (definitely Northanger Abbey) were written in 1798 or so. Speaking of Gothic novels, I really like Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. Any book that has a giant helmet falling on a character within the first couple of ...

... of my LJ friends runs bibliophyles, a book of the month community with a focus on classic literature. This month's book is Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I'm cherishthepast on LJ, by the way.

Northanger Abbey by jane Austen mentions several books throughout it: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe The Italian by Anne Radcliffe Clermont by Regina Maria Roche Castle of Wolfenbach by Eliza Parsons Mysterious Warnings by Eliza Parsons Necrom ...

... from Harry Potter Nathaniel Brewster from Lord Kirkle's Money by Avi It's Avi's best novel. Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice Captain Wentworth of Persuasion Hareton Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights Pippin from The Lord of the Rings Tuor ...

... class. This is my schedule in process and what I hope to go by in the future: March: Sense and Sensibility April: Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park May: Persuasion June: Emma July: Pride and Prejudice

... books, but I managed to double my classics intake just listening to them on my ipod while walking to and from work! Also, Northanger Abbey actually convinced me to give Jane Austen another go (after having unceremoniously dumped her last year after reading, and not enjoying, Emma!) and I ...

What I've Read So Far: January 1. Candy Kane, by Janet Lambert 2. The Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey 3. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen 4. The Blue Castle, LM Montgomery 5. The Guardian, Nicholas Sparks 6. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry February 7. The Goose Girl, Shannon ...

... Beauty by Anna Sewell) and although I really didn't enjoy Emma, I rather liked the audio book I listened to of Northanger Abbey so I've ended up falling into the decision to go on a bit of an Austen jag.

... n Karma - Holly A Harvey Deception - Randy Alcorn Audio Books: Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Of course, there have been a couple of really dull ones and even a couple that I found completely unfinishable, but overall, I've had ...

... entertaining (although perhaps with a few too many digressions). It is novels like this that Jane Austen is spoofing in Northanger Abbey. Another good gothic novel (technically an 'oriental' novel) is Vathek, it uses the Arabian Nights as it's inspiration. And there is Tom Jones. ...

... at this stage would risk the country collapsing into civil war or and/or the emergence of another dangerous dictator. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I am going through a bit of a Jane Austen phase at the moment. Her writing is so good, I will probably read all her books this year. I ...

I'm listening to Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen on audio book and reading Deception by Randy Alcorn as I'm reviewing it for the publicist.

ITV have made three new adaptations - Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. They start on 11 March with MP. MP & NA got reviewed on Newsnight Review - MP got a thumbs down, NA a thumbs up.

I'm in the middle of The Crown of Dalemark, but I'm looking forward to Northanger Abbey and Pompeii. And I'm waiting impatiently for Wintersmith to come out in paperback.

If the books have isbn numbers they can be combined back in the works again, without combining the authors. See: Northanger Abbey. There were enough Austins to generate a separate author listing on the work page. Some people see this as a problem, but I feel this is better than hiding the ...

For me Mansfield Park was Jane Austen's weakest link. Northanger Abbey was a great spoof and very funny if you are familiar with the books it is spoofing.

My first thought was Jane Austen, but I think Northanger Abbey, while good, is not great.

... belief that novels would corrupt a woman's mind, that women should be protected from them. (Austen spoofs this idea in Northanger Abbey). If there was anything worse than a woman reading a novel, it was a woman writing a novel. Many of the classic novels written by women were either ...

... still Pride and Prejudice and I also adore Colin Firth as Mr D. in the tv apatation. Not so keen on the new film though. Northanger Abbey is brilliant for its parodies of gothic fiction (when I read it I was writing a dissertation on ann radcliffe's novels, which are still amongst my favouite ...

... a film. For anyone who wants to know the titles of Austen's works, I'll list them here: Emma Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility

... series by J.D. Robb, so most of my recent reading has reflected that. I am also reading Don Quixote, Moby Dick and Northanger Abbey to get my share of classics in, although these might take me a while. I just received a copy of The Quest for Corvo and am going to start it this week ...

Reading this week includes: Don Quixote by Cervantes, Moby Dick by Melville, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin, Lost Horizon by James Hilton, Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning, Purity in Death by J.D. Robb, and The Child that Books Built by Francis ...

... of them, the reader won't understand without having made the acquaintance of the original. And I chortled my way through Northanger Abbey, which still works as parody of modern novels that feature terrified heroines and sinister-looking old buildings on their covers. I hated Moby Dick. F ...

... never read back in school when I was supposed to read it: Moby Dick by Melville, Don Quixote by Cervantes, and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I am thoroughly enjoying Don Quixote. I am also reading An Open Book by Michael Dirda and Lost Horizon by James Hilton ...

Right now, I am tackling 3 great books: Moby Dick, Don Quixote and one by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey, which I know is not her best. I have tried in the past several of the 'great' books or books that have won prizes but I just could not get my mind around I guess. The one that comes ...

Right now, I am tackling 3 great books: Moby Dick, Don Quixote and one by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey, which I know is not her best. I have tried in the past several of the 'great' books or books that have won prizes but I just could not get my mind around I guess. The one that comes ...

Right now, I am tackling 3 great books: Moby Dick, Don Quixote and one by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey, which I know is not her best. I have tried in the past several of the 'great' books or books that have won prizes but I just could not get my mind around I guess. The one that comes ...

My favorite of her books would be Pride and Prejudice followed by Emma and Northanger Abbey. I found a book at the library the other day called Flirting With Pride and Prejudice. Has anyone else read it?

... although again it's not her strengths I identify with most, but more her weaknesses. Oh, and Catherine Morland, from Northanger Abbey, when I'm in a chipper mood!

The quote is from Chapter 5 (part 1) of Northanger Abbey. It is actually at the end of a longer piece in which Austen defends the art of the novelist, and the reader. At the time, novels were seen as detrimental to the education of young ladies, being frivolous, and possibly morally debatable. (Th ...

... between Mansfield and Portsmouth as a metaphor for England and the colonies just gives it the edge for me. I admire Northanger Abbey for Austen's wit and talent but somehow I never enjoy reading it quite as much. I agree with Karen5l about the Greer Garson film - very enjoyable even ...

What is your favorite work of Jane Austen and why? Mine is definitely Northanger Abbey. It's so different from her other works, and yet definitely her own. It has more of a youthful air, like a girl with rosy apple cheeks climbing a tree as opposed to her later works, which I would ...

... I don't) don't own A Clockwork Orange, Robinson Crusoe, or Lady Chatterley's Lover at all, and very few of us own Northanger Abbey or Emma? Goodness. Have to fix that!)

If you combined your collection with Northanger Abbey, and then with Emma, this combines Northanger Abbey with Emma, which clearly is wrong. Tim has mentioned a contains / contained in linking as a posibility but it seems slow coming, it's probably down the priority list somewhere. I suspect ...

... earlier works. Sense and Sensibility is an enjoyable novel in the same way as P&P although probably not quite as good. Northanger Abbey is a beginner's work, not really up to the later standards, but diverting nevertheless. Best adaptation - between the 1995 BBC P&P, and the much lower ...

I just finished Jane Austen's Persuasion which I found quite tedious (even moreso than Northanger Abbey the previous week). I find the societal conventions depicted interesting but the "heroines" in those two spend too much time worrying about getting married and managing their social ...

... In the second tier I'd place Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility. I think her weakest novels are Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. Though still brilliant, Mansfield Park doesn't quite have the lightness of touch that I love of Austen, and the satirical aspect of Northanger Abbe ...

Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Emma, in that order, I think. Least favourite: Persuasion. I disliked Mansfield Park when studying it (my lecturer and I were the only two who admitted to detesting Fanny Price; everyone else adored her), but can just about stand it now. Scandalo ...

It has varied over time, I think. When I first started reading Jane Austen in my teens it was Northanger Abbey, and then for a while it was Sense and Sensibility, but now it's Emma. As I've grown older I've come to appreciate Mansfield Park more. I used to find it very heavy going.

... known writings and juvenilia. I don't know which would be my favorite. Mansfield Park is still my least fave though. Northanger Abbey was a youthful flavor.