Austenathon 2011: Northanger Abbey (Non-Spoiler Thread)

This the Northanger Abbey non-spoiler thread. Official start date for the group read is September 15, and as usual we'll have six weeks for discussion.

Spoiler Thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/123503

Austenathon Main Thread

Links to all of the Austenathon pages can also be found on the 75ers group wiki.

Got it starred. I'll be in on this one--hardly remember it at all.

My copy has been at the regional post office since yesterday. I am hoping it will be in my mailbox tomorrow, but there is not consistent pattern.

Robert

I finished this one yesterday -- I look forward to the discussion. For what it's worth, here's what I wrote on my thread:

I think audio books are a wonderful way to experience Jane Austen. I began this one missing my "usual" narrator, but I quickly came to appreciate Flo Gibson, whose dramatic style perfectly conveyed the delightfully spoofy, tongue-in-cheek tone Ms. Austen used. This is a parody of gothic novels, of which the young heroine, the intentionally plain and unaccomplished Catherine Morland, is excessively fond. While this is not my favorite Austen, I enjoyed every minute of it. I think Ms. Austen had fun writing this one, and I certainly had fun listening.

I read this a couple of years ago and don't have time for a reread, but I'm interested to follow along in the conversation.

I am looking forward to this one!

I read The Castle of Otranto a couple of weeks ago in preparation for this and I should be starting Northanger tonight. My mother is also reading along with me so it will be interesting to see all the different views on it.

Just signing in; plan to start soon!

I plan to read it immediately after Magic Mountain, but that is going slowly, excruciatingly. I can sometimes manage up to 50 pages a night, but I expect Northanger Abbey to be a 150 pages a night book (two or three nights?).

Robert

Signing up. Never read this one and sort of looking forward to it.

Robert, The Magic Mountain? Whew!

Whew! indeed. Even if it proves to be rich in philosophy and innuendo I think I can't recommend it to anybody. Mind you, I am four sevenths of the way through it now, so it could change, but I bet it won't.

Robert