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Northanger Abbey, like the best of Jane Austen's writing, combines satire of 18th-century life with brilliant characterizations and powerful themes. Its heroine, the sincere but naive Catherine Morland, meets charming Henry Tilney during her visit to Bath. Catherine's vacation - her first time away from home - opens her eyes to a world of new discoveries. Visiting Tilney's mansion, Northanger Abbey, Catherine compares and contrasts the excitement of Gothic fiction with the reality of everyday life, the heroic with the natural, and the rigid social structure with her fantasies of freedom. Both an entertaining spoof and a powerful indictment of wealth and privilege, Northanger Abbey takes its rightful place among Austen's masterpieces.
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