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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey Wrap Up: Giveaway Winners Announced!

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 31 October 2008 | 10 Comments »

“But now you love a hyacinth. So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible. Besides, a taste for flowers is always desirable in your sex, as a means of getting you out of doors, and tempting you to [...]

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 29-31: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 20 Giveaway

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 30 October 2008 | 9 Comments »

On entering the room, the first object she beheld was a young man whom she had never seen before. With a look of much respect, he immediately rose, and being introduced to her by her conscious daughter as “Mr. Henry Tilney,” with the embarrassment of real sensibility began to apologize for his appearance there, acknowledging [...]

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Gothically Inspired: Day 19 Giveaway

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Humor, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, Northanger Abbey Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 29 October 2008 | 10 Comments »

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe’s works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two [...]

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 25-28: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 18 Giveaway!

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , on 28 October 2008 | 13 Comments »

The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened. Henry’s address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments had done. Most grievously was she humbled. Most bitterly did she cry. It was not only with herself that she [...]

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Catherine Morland’s Experience in Bath Part 4

Posted in Blog Events, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 28 October 2008 | 1 Comment »

if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad   Beechen Cliff, the Arts, and Natural Surroundings  at Jane Austen’s World  Take a walk through the countryside of Bath with Ms. Place (Vic) as she continues to explore heroine Catherine Morland’s experience in Bath with her excellent [...]

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Guest Bloggers Trina Robbins & Anne Timmons Chat about Gothic Classics: Day 17 Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen Illustrators, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 27 October 2008 | 22 Comments »

Think of Northanger Abbey in a graphic novel format with all of its energy and Gothic allusions visually popping right off the page, and you will have a good notion of what author Trina Robbins and illustrator Anne Timmons have created in their frightfully enchanting version of Northanger Abbey included in Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume [...]

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