Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin
Key facts:
full title:
Northanger Abbey author: Jane Austen type of work:
Novel
genre:
'Bildungsroman'(novel of education or moral development); parody of Gothic novels language: English (British, late 1700s/early 1800s) time and place written:
1798–1799 in Austen's home in Steventon, Hampshire. It was sold to a publisher in 1803 but not published. Later, after Austen's success with other novels, she bought back the manuscript and revised it slightly. 'Northanger Abbey' was published posthumously in 1817. date of first publication:
1817
publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle Street narrator: Third person omniscient; free indirect discourse point of view:
The narrator varies greatly. Sometimes the narrator is contented to simply describe events normally; sometimes the narrator addresses the reader directly; and sometimes (especially in the second half of the novel) Austen uses the technique of free indirect discourse, in which she describes people and events from a 3rd-person perspective, but in the way that a particular character (in this case, Catherine) sees and understands them.
Tone:
Light, ironic, satirical; gently fond when talking about Catherine tense: Immediate past setting (time):
January–April 1798. setting (place):
The first half of the novel takes place primarily in Bath, England, which was a big resort town for the upper classes. The second half takes place thirty miles away from Bath in Northanger Abbey, a large stone building, formerly a church, that has been converted into the Tilney's home.
Protagonist:
Catherine Morland antagonist: Arguably Isabella Thorpe, her brother John Thorpe, or General Tilney major conflict:
Catherine, enjoying the frisson of fear produced by her own literary imagination, scares herself and displeases the man who loves her climax: General Tilney sends Catherine away from Northanger Abbey falling action:
Catherine returns home, in misery, to Fullerton.
Key facts:
full title:
Northanger Abbey author: Jane Austen type of work:
Novel
genre:
'Bildungsroman'(novel of education or moral development); parody of Gothic novels language: English (British, late 1700s/early 1800s) time and place written:
1798–1799 in Austen's home in Steventon, Hampshire. It was sold to a publisher in 1803 but not published. Later, after Austen's success with other novels, she bought back the manuscript and revised it slightly. 'Northanger Abbey' was published posthumously in 1817. date of first publication:
1817
publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle Street narrator: Third person omniscient; free indirect discourse point of view:
The narrator varies greatly. Sometimes the narrator is contented to simply describe events normally; sometimes the narrator addresses the reader directly; and sometimes (especially in the second half of the novel) Austen uses the technique of free indirect discourse, in which she describes people and events from a 3rd-person perspective, but in the way that a particular character (in this case, Catherine) sees and understands them.
Tone:
Light, ironic, satirical; gently fond when talking about Catherine tense: Immediate past setting (time):
January–April 1798. setting (place):
The first half of the novel takes place primarily in Bath, England, which was a big resort town for the upper classes. The second half takes place thirty miles away from Bath in Northanger Abbey, a large stone building, formerly a church, that has been converted into the Tilney's home.
Protagonist:
Catherine Morland antagonist: Arguably Isabella Thorpe, her brother John Thorpe, or General Tilney major conflict:
Catherine, enjoying the frisson of fear produced by her own literary imagination, scares herself and displeases the man who loves her climax: General Tilney sends Catherine away from Northanger Abbey falling action:
Catherine returns home, in misery, to Fullerton.