Northanger Abbey

[ nawrth-eyn-jer, -ang-ger ]

noun

1. a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.

Example Sentences

Northanger Abbey, after all, parodies the tropes and excesses of sentimental Gothic novels.

From The Daily Beast

In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.

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We cannot doubt that it was the novel we now know as Northanger Abbey.

From Project Gutenberg

Something of this fancy is to be found in ‘Northanger Abbey,’ but she soon left it far behind in her subsequent course.

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The tale begins in characteristic style, which suggests the later Northanger Abbey.

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Northanger Abbey (probably called Susan), written in 1797 and 1798.

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Catherine is of course Northanger Abbey, and the 'something' is Persuasion.

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