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"Nay, my beloved, sweetest friend," continued the other, "compose yourself. I am amazingly agitated, as you perceive. Let us sit down and talk in comfort. Well, and so you guessed it the moment you had my note? Sly creature! Oh! My dear Catherine, you alone, who know my heart, can judge of my present happiness.... Continue Reading →
Please welcome web mistress of The Emma Adaptations Pages, Graphic and Web Designer of Strangegirl Designs, and Regency fashion and style authority Kali Pappas today, as she chats about the "frivolus distinctions" of fashion in the two movie adaptations of Northanger Abbey. Enjoy! "Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it... Continue Reading →
At half past twelve, when Catherine's anxious attention to the weather was over and she could no longer claim any merit from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily to clear. A gleam of sunshine took her quite by surprise; she looked round; the clouds were parting, and she instantly returned to the window to watch... Continue Reading →
To be disgraced in the eye of the world, to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity, her actions all innocence, and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement, is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine's life, and her fortitude under it what particularly... Continue Reading →
 Austenprose received a misdirected letter from Isabella Thorpe in the post this week intended for her dearest friend Catherine Tilney nee Morland. Since she discusses the two movie adaptations of Northanger Abbey, we thought it quite timely and decided to include it as a guest blog during Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey. Enjoy!   Putney,... Continue Reading →
With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day, secure within herself of seeing Mr. Tilney there before the morning were over, and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded - Mr. Tilney did not appear. Every creature in Bath, except himself, was to be... Continue Reading →
"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Welcome, and get ready to Go Gothic with Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Please join us as we investigate the humour, romance, and spooky undertones in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey, a parody on the Gothic fiction that was so popular within her lifetime.... Continue Reading →
Go Gothic with Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey October 1st -31st @ Austenprose One month full of Gothic goodness, free giveaways and Henry Tilney too!  Welcome Janeites, classic and gothic literature fans. Austenprose is happy to announce its second Jane Austen novel event, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, beginning on October 1st through October 31st, 2008. Please join... Continue Reading →
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. Isabella Thorpe, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 6Â Jane Austen's character Isabella Thorpe is a strange creature by way of a friend; an odd mixture of affability and cunning,... Continue Reading →
PLEASUREÂ "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... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â "If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad." The new ITV/Masterpiece PBS adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey aired on PBS last night. After viewing a pensive Persuasion adaptation last week during The Complete Jane Austen, I was... Continue Reading →
"His name was Tilney. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty, was rather tall, had a pleasing countenance." In anticipation of the premiere on Sunday of the new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey presented by Masterpiece PBS, I thought it helpful to introduce the hero Henry Tinley, and highlight some... Continue Reading →
