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From the desk of Eleanor Clark: In post-World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious house with an even more mysterious library. BOOK DESCRIPTION With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: When one considers classic horror, there are few tales that leap so quickly to the mind as Frankenstein. Published in 1818, the tale was originally spun by Mary Shelley as a campfire ghost tale during a summer gathering of literary giants vacationing along the shores of Lake Geneva. Much... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Please join us today as James Jenkins, Gothic fiction authority and publisher of Valancourt Books chats with us today about the Gothic novels that influenced Jane Austen to write her novel Northanger Abbey, and the seven "horrid novels" recommended by her character Isabella Thorpe to our young heroine in the making Catherine Morland. " ‘Valancourt?... 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 →
Austen-esque author Amanda Grange kicks off our guests bloggers during ‘Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey' event as she joins us today to chat about a very important topic; possibly the most important topic to many - Henry Tilney - who is the protagonist of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and the hero of her next novel... 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 →
A Great Austen Novel Event Begins Next Wednesday! Hold on to your bonnets Janeites and Gothic literature fans, cuz Austenprose will be hosting another Austen novel event during the month of October, 2008 in honour of Jane Austen's Gothic parody, Northanger Abbey. Please join the 31 day blog event and ‘Go Gothic with Northanger... Continue Reading →
ACQUISITION To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.The Narrator on Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 1 This is our introduction to our young heroine Catherine Morland, and it... Continue Reading →
