Northanger Abbey

(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)Jane Austen"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."Catherine Morland is seventeen, romantically naive, and deeply addicted to Gothic novels. When she is invited to spend a season in Bath and then visits the romantic pile of Northanger Abbey, her imagination runs away with her — conjuring dark secrets and villainous plots in perfectly ordinary circumstances. Jane Austen's earliest completed novel is also her most playfully self-aware: a delightful comedy about the dangers of reading too many novels.Beneath the parody lies a perceptive social satire and a genuine love story. Henry Tilney — witty, teasing, and unexpectedly kind — is one of Austen's most attractive heroes, and Catherine's gradual discovery that the real world is stranger and more complicated than any Gothic fiction makes for a heroine whose growth is entirely convincing. The Penguin Select Classics edition captures its charm: love turns out to be simpler than a novel-obsessed heart imagined.This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents Austen's original, unabridged text — a delightful addition to any complete Austen collection.