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Northanger Abbey

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Northanger Abbey
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jane Austen
Retold by Gill Tavner
Illustrated by Ann Kronheimer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781906230081
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General
Teenage / Young Adult

Publishing Details

Publisher Real Reads
Imprint Real Reads
Publication Date 4 April 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Catherine Morland has little experience of the world. When a neighbour takes her to visit the fashionable city of Bath, her naivete leaves her vulnerable. Who should Catherine trust? Whose friendship is genuine and whose will be harmful? Catherine's adventure becomes sinister when she visits Northanger Abbey. What is hidden in the locked cabinet? Why are the General's children afraid of him? What terrible secrets does he keep in his dead wife's bedroom? Guided only by the gothic horror stories she so loves reading, Catherine stumbles through her adventures. Will hers be a happy ending? Will she find a hero to share her 'happily ever after'?

Author Biography

JANE AUSTEN was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. London-based illustrator ANN KRONHEIMER specialises in children's publishing, picture and story books, early readers and educational books for infants up to young adults. She uses a dip pen and ink, sometimes with a wash and sometimes just line, combining traditional style with modern imagery. GILL TAVNER was an English Teacher and Head of Department before turning to writing when she had young children of her own. She has also taught English in South East Asia, worked as a personal trainer, been a management trainee in an insurance company, led treks in Africa, run her own business and painted fake tattoos on Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Perhaps it is this variety that makes her such a versatile writer.