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Northanger Abbey

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[nawrth-eyn-jer, -ang-ger] / ˈnɔrθ eɪn dʒər, -æŋ gər /

noun

  1. a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.


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Catherine Morland in "Northanger Abbey" happily abandoned her music lessons at an early age, but there are female musical characters in the other five of Austen's six completed novels.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2022

Like, in college I read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen for a class, and my memory of it is extremely spotty.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2021

Box Tale Soup brings its puppet-powered adaptation of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" to the Edye, and six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald graces the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2014

Her other published novels were Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey - the final two of which were published after her death.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2013

In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen describes Catherine Morland finding the traces of an imaginary crime.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie