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Austen at Large: Oh Henry! What a good Valentine

Posted in Austen at Large, Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , on 14 February 2009 | 5 Comments »

A look at Henry Tilney. An all around great guy!

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Austen at Large: Isabella Thorpe as a modern blogger!

Posted in Austen Humor, Austen at Large, Guest Blogger, Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , , on 7 February 2009 | 10 Comments »

In this past week I have been finishing Northanger Abbey and as wonderful as the romance is in it, I think one of the most important lessons is about friendship. Catherine learns throughout the novel how to better read people, in particular her friends. She starts out completely fooled by Isabella Thorpe. Catherine thinks that they [...]

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Northanger Abbey: Henry Tilney – so becomingly important!

Posted in Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , , , , on 5 February 2009 | 4 Comments »

…in the course of a few minutes, she found herself with Henry in the curricle, as happy a being as ever existed. A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world; the chaise and four wheeled off with some grandeur, to be sure, but it was a heavy [...]

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Austen at Large: Catherine Morland is a delight!

Posted in Austen at Large, Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , on 31 January 2009 | 2 Comments »

A look at Catherine Morland from Northanger Abbey

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Jane Austen and the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride and Vanity

Posted in Austen Insights, Austen Inspired, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, tagged , , , , , on 10 December 2008 | 4 Comments »

Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new made [...]

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

Posted in Austen Giveaways, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, 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 Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, 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 Austen Adaptations, Austen Giveaways, Austen Humor, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Gothic Novels, Northanger Abbey, 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 Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, 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 Austen's Times, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, 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 and informative post, Beechen Cliff, [...]

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

Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Illustrators, Austen-esque Authors, Austen-esque Books, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, 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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The Sunday Salon: Preview of Oxford World’s Classics: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe: Day 16 Giveaway

Posted in Austen Giveaways, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Gothic Novels, Northanger Abbey, The Sunday Salon, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 26 October 2008 | 14 Comments »

Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Reflection brought only regret, and anticipation terror. How often did she wish to “steal the lark’s wing, and mount the swiftest gale,” that Languedoc and repose might [...]

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