The Penguin English Library edition of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

“For a young lady who was in the blundering stages of life for the first fifteen years, appearing almost beautiful is a greater pleasure than what a doll might receive from birth.”

During an emotionally charged period in Bath, the young and naive Catherine Morland experiences the joy of social life for the first time. She becomes enthusiastic about her new friends: the flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love for Gothic novels and horror, and the elegant Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious home, Northanger Abbey. There, Catherine’s imagination, influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, leads her to imagine terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its lively comedy and its unconventional heroine, this is the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.

The Penguin English Library series includes 100 editions of the best literature in English, from the eighteenth century and the first novels to the onset of the First World War.

Pages: 256, Dimensions: 13x13cm.