Northanger Abbey (Vintage Classics Austen Series)

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire – J.K. RowlingSomebody reading over my shoulder refuses to believe that I found Northanger Abbey funnier than Catch 22, but I did. So there – Jenny ColganThe most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal – Virginia WoolfJane Austen’s lightest and most playful novel * Independent *Jane Austen shocks me. Beside her, Joyce seems innocent as grass – W.H. AudenWho needs eReaders when book publishers are repackaging classic tales in beautiful covers like these? … Perfect for fans of the author * Bella *Beautifully designed… Perfect collectable gift for Austen fans and design devotees * So Darling *These might be the loveliest editions of Jane Austen’s novels we’ve seen in a long time * A Little Bird (blog) *An absolute riot: a dry pastiche of gothic and romance novels that both celebrates, and rolls its eyes at, youthful credulity – Kat Brown * Independent *

Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published posthumously in 1818.