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Northanger Abbey (/ ˈ n ɔːr θ æ ŋ ər /) is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by the English author Jane Austen. Although the title page is dated 1818 and was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion, Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, making it the first of Austen's novels to be completed in full.
- Jane Austen
- 1817
A list of important facts about Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists.
Northanger Abbey is the first work written by Austen, although the final published. The story follows Catherine Morland, a young woman newly out in society on vacation to Bath, a city renowned at the time for social events and its marriage market.
Dec 15, 2007 · Northanger Abbey traveled a long and torturous journey to publication. According to her sister, Cassandra, Jane Austen wrote the book in “about ‘98 and ‘99” when she was still in her twenties.
Publishing History. Jane Austen wrote Northanger Abbey "about the years 98 & 99," according to a note left by her sister, Cassandra. Austen was 23-24 years old, and it seems likely that her first visit to Bath in 1797 inspired her to set part of the novel in that city.
Northanger Abbey was the first of two novels published posthumously in December 1817, six months after Jane’s death. The story follows Catherine Morland, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a country clergyman, who is now ‘in training for a heroine’.
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that she will ever come out’ (Letters, p.333). Northanger Abbey was finally published posthumously, by John Murray (who had also published Austen’s Emma in 1816, and a second edition of Mansfield Park the previous year), in December of 1817. It appeared as a
