“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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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 Austen Giveaways, Books, Catherine Morland, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Literature on 31 October 2008 | 10 Comments »
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 Austen Giveaways, Book Group Read, Books, Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 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 [...]
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 Ann Radcliffe, Austen Giveaways, Books, Catherine Morland, Felicity Jones, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, J.J. Feild, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey 2007, The Mysteries of Udolpho 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 [...]









