Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is naïve, innocent, and an avid reader of melodramatic novels. When a neighbouring family invites her to accompany them to Bath, Catherine grabs at the chance to leave her small English village for a taste of high society. Meeting new friends and potential love interests along the way, Catherine's flair for the dramatic lands her in some embarrassing social situations. But is her suspicion that General Tinley murdered his wife based in reality? Or did Catherine's imagination get the best of her again?

Featuring an unlikely heroine and a colourful cast of characters, Northanger Abbey is a lighthearted parody of the Gothic novels popular in Jane Austen's time. Originally titled Susan, the first of Austen's major works was published in December 1817, five months after the author's death.

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