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Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Andrea313
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Absolutely nothing exciting happens as Catherine and the Allens make their way to Bath, and then absolutely nothing happens when they arrive, save for Mrs. A's 4-day search for the perfect gown. Finally, finally, they make their way to the Upper Rooms and it's...not great. They suffer through a long, hot, and utterly boring evening until Catherine happens to overhear the mildest compliment ever. And suddenly the whole night has been a success!

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peanutnine
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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I'm listening to the Amazon Classics version of Northanger Abbey this month. This will be my second time reading this novel. Last time I realized belatedly that the edition I listened to was abridged, so while it was delightful I'm looking forward to getting the full experience this time around.
#JaneAustenThenandNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

Crinoline_Laphroaig Definitely all the unabridged Henry Tilney goodness! 9h
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CaramelLunacy
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Mrs. Allen, Catherine's chaperone in Bath, is determined to be in fashion, so Catherine looks her best when she attends her first ball at the Upper Rooms (above). Mrs. Allen is significantly less diligent when it comes to making introductions that might allow Catherine to dance (or even speak to someone), so she is a bit bored and uncomfortable until she overhears 2 young men call her pretty. At which point the evening is redeemed.

CaramelLunacy #Pemberlittens, #JaneAustenThenandNow, Photo: Jane Austen Festival 17h
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Andrea313
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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And we're off! I've been so excited to read this book again, and found myself laughing out loud as we got the full backstory on our heroine. Meet Catherine Morland: her dad's not a tyrant and her mom isn't dead; she's never nursed a dormouse and she can't play piano; she's never been in love and her neighborhood is boring as shit. But - but! - she loves books (brava!) and she's about to have an adventure. Look out, Bath, here comes our girl!

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BarkingMadRead
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Starting a chapter a day with #janeaustenthenandnow with @Crinoline_Laphroaig

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"...if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad..."

#Pemberlittens
#JaneAustenThenandNow

Crinoline_Laphroaig One of all time favorite lines! 1d
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CaramelLunacy
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In which our heroine is described as altogether ordinary: sometimes inattentive to her schooling, a bit rowdy but kind. As she grows into a young lady, she reads a bunch of fun romantic novels and yearns for an exciting adventure of her own - a feeling I remember well.

I love the knowing tongue-in-cheek narration that affectionately makes fun of her youthful silliness and the overwrought tone of the stories Catherine devours.

Crinoline_Laphroaig I love this scene in the opening of movie. It's just so spot on to book Catherine. 1d
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LitsyEvents
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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repost for @Crinoline_Laphroaig

I'm ready for Northanger Abbey! My plan is read a chapter a day. And I'm going to post every day. ??

#PemberLittens
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#TalkTilneyToMe

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.“

Crinoline_Laphroaig Thanks for sharing! 2d
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AnneCecilie
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Ready for my 4th reading of this book

The opening sentence:
“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.”

And later in the chapter:
“But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine; she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives.”

AnneCecilie So we‘re all heroines? And to finish the chapter of: “and probably aware that if adventures will not befal a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad” #PemeberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig 2d
Crinoline_Laphroaig Just yesterday I said to Husband "I'm the heroine in my own life." And I don't remember why I said it. ? 2d
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oddandbookish
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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I was debating whether or not to give this 3.5 or 4 stars. I finally decided on 4 because the story was so clever!

This was my third Jane Austen novel. Previously, I had read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility and enjoyed both of them.

My immediate impression of this book was that it was hilarious.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/review-northanger-abbey/

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AvidReader25
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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While staying in Bath Catherine meets 2 sets of siblings. The Thorpes, who become insufferable as their true nature is revealed, & the Tilneys (Henry & Eleanor). Austen does a wonderful job comparing the 2 sets, demonstrating a false nature vs. a genuine one. I love that Catherine & Henry like each other from the start. He is patient & kind & rises above his family with his moral compass. He‘s a truly good & one of my favorite Austen characters.

Sparklemn Beautiful cover 🌺 3mo
AvidReader25 @Sparklemn it‘s so lovely! 3mo
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Conleyheather
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Always love Austen

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underground_bks
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”— direct quote from your new book boyfriend. Northanger Abbey is a clever, comical, and loving send-up of the gothic novel, starring a naive, book-loving heroine who always thinks she‘s about to be thrown into the plot of her current page-turner and a pining know-it-all hero whose defense of popular fiction had me swooning over 200 years later!

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Super_Jane
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Pickpick

4/5 ?????

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."

#classics #romance

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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This is a book that truly let me down. I love many aspects of it so I am rating it highly. I loved the writing. I loved Catherine. I do love all the Jane Austen “heroines” that I have met. Their strength and assertiveness is beyond their time. But, there are so many holes left in this story. Was there supposed to be a sequel? I have lots of questions. When I got to the last page, I said to myself: “Oh, no! This can‘t be the ending!”

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
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This novel has been so hilarious to me. I love Catherine, “the heroine” so far. I have been absent from Litsy, reading all the volumes of “In Search of Lost Time” by Proust. It really was worth it.

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DebinHawaii
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#AboutABook

With nine siblings, Catherine Moreland has #ABigFamily albeit apparently a very plain one (but still fine)! 😉

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word, for they were in general very plain, and Catherine, for many years of her life, as plain as any.”

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 9mo
Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼👏🏻🫶🏻 9mo
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CrowCAH
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Andrea313
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Sometimes this book truly hits the spot. To me, Northanger is the most outright funny of Austen's works, and certainly the most overtly satiric. Even though I've read it several times, I still found myself cracking up at the way she affectionately mocks literary convention, style, and characters. I love the early scenes in Bath being kind of a boring let-down, and I love Eleanor's actual Gothic heroine arc happening entirely off the page. 😂

LeahBergen I love it! 😆 14mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig Henry Tilney! 😍 14mo
Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig YES, Henry! So, so underrated. But I also love the sly way Jane mentions that he only started to fall for Catherine once he was aware of her own feelings for him. Is our man Henry susceptible to a little flattery? Or is it just the author upending audiences' expectations for undying, love-at-first-sight romance? 14mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
#WomensHistoryMonth

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Larkken
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Last book read in Jan was for #authoramonth and it rounded out a solid month of reading! I liked the simplicity bordering on mockery and the thoughts on literature and reading. When you next meet a novel-hater, this book has a quote for you to deploy at them. #52bookclub24 bibliosmia #popsugar24 self-pub
Most enjoyed reads have arrows, & of them Friday Black was my fav. 1984 gets a mustache #iykyk & I appreciate more having read it than reading it

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Gissy
Northanger Abby | Jane Austen
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These are my two English editions. Do I need more editions? Of course I NEED more beautiful editions😂The gorgeous hardback😍was from @mabel during a Jane Austen swap. The print came as part of the decoration but I saved it. I think the mug was also from @mabel

Another Jane Austen novel that I enjoyed. Both editions have an introduction that helps to understand the historical events surrounding the novel topic, I liked the characters and plot⬇️

Gissy (Cont.)...that was like a soap opera with terrible characters like Isabella, a villain, a gothic mystery, impossible love because of stupid social/financial status, etc. and happy love story. Isabella...John...those characters. I don‘t want a friend like Isabella never ever. 3.8/4 ⭐️ 1y
Gissy January 2024 #BookSpinBingo #3 #AuthorAMonth (I read only 2 books by this Jane Austen) @TheAromaOfBooks @Soubhiville
#JumpStart2024 @Lizpixie
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65 @Ghabi4Roses
#JoyousJanuary #Readathon last book #5 read during this Readathon @Andrew65
#Sharreadathon first book completed during this Readathon @Alwaysbeenabooklover
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DieAReader 🥳Great 1y
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TheAromaofBooks So hard to choose which pretty Austen editions to collect!!!! 1y
Gissy @TheAromaofBooks That is true! 1y
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1y
mabell I love this! ❤️❤️❤️ I‘m so glad you enjoyed the story! I‘m going to have to look at the introductions - I‘m curious about what they say! It is like a soap opera a little bit 😂 1y
Gissy @mabell That Isabella was terrible and John??? Manipulative little man. Did you see @LeahBerg post about the book The Novels of Georgette Heyer: A Celebration by Jennifer Kloester. I immediately thought in you and @Chrissyreadit because you both have posted books by this author. That book is like a reference book about author‘s novels. It has high ratings in GR. I have the series Inspectors Hannasyde and Hemingway by this author. I need to read it (edited) 1y
Gissy @mabell I think I will check that book that @LeahBerg recommended 1y
mabell They were terrible! Yet you could picture them so well! I did see that book that Leah mentioned! It sounds really good! But I tend to avoid background type books to avoid spoiling the magic 😆 1y
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Zuhkeeyah
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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I struggled with this one. Catherine‘s naivety was almost painful. Quite honestly, it put me to sleep every time I picked it up. There was a glimpse of the witty banter that made me fall in love with Emma. I‘m glad Jane Austen continued to hone her craft after this rather rough beginning.

#authoramonth completed at the last possible moment
@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Yay! 1y
Read4life I struggled, too. I just couldn‘t get into it and didn‘t care what happened. 1y
Zuhkeeyah @Read4life The ending was ridiculously abrupt after all that flowery writing leading up to it 1y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I liked Emma so much better. 7mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Zuhkeeyah That‘s my problem with it. 7mo
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Larkken
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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For today's #hyggehour I realized my new bibbed ski pants are basically a more mobile version of a sleeping bag blanket... With pockets. 🤯 where were these two weeks ago?! They will be making a reappearance next week 😉
In other #hyggehug news, Northanger Abbey is snarky! Good cozy fun.
#midwintersolace

TheBookHippie Oooooo that‘s amazing!!! 1y
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉 1y
IndoorDame Cozy and clever!!! 1y
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BarbaraBB Those trousers 🥰 I want them! 1y
Larkken @BarbaraBB they are from Cotopaxi and were heavily on sale at Scheels - do you have this store around you? They apparently think winter is over based on all the spring stuff they are selling. No one told them about February? 1y
BarbaraBB I don‘t know that shop but I will google the brand and ding out if they sell them here too! Thanks! 1y
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Read4life
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Mehso-so

Maybe it was just where my head and heart were this weekend. I started reading with Serial Reader then switched to audio and then went back to SR. I just couldn‘t get into it but I stuck it out. Again, this could be me and the timing of it all.
#AuthorAMonth #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024
@Soubhiville @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳Great! 1y
TheAromaofBooks This one is a little... silly, I guess, so I feel like you have to be in the right mood to really enjoy it haha 1y
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Jas16
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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I never pass up an excuse to read Jane Austen and for this month‘s #authoramonth I revisited the novel that I think I have read the fewest number of times. It deserves better treatment from me because I forget how much this book makes me chuckle. I think Catherine Morland is one of Austen‘s most entertaining heroines.

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Larkken
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Leaving my little hygge nest for #hyggehour
Loving the reminder to slow down and be cozy every Sunday with #midwintersolace though I‘m beginning to run out of my stash of Christmas chocolate… i know I‘ve not posted about it much, but I may have to keep this time on Sundays to reset for the week even after the group ends 😘

TheBookHippie I‘m keeping it as well. 1y
kspenmoll Me too- it‘s so nice to be deliberate about my self care. 1y
AllDebooks I love this! I was thinking of doing the same. X 1y
Bookwormjillk I‘m keeping it too 1y
IndoorDame I was thinking the same thing. It‘s been a wonderful addition to the week. 1y
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Gissy
Northanger Abby | Jane Austen
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Reading the last 143 pages of this book #Sharreadathon @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️ 1y
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CBee ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🕯️ ❤️ 1y
mabell 😍🥰❤️ 1y
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Read4life
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine.”

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

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Jadams89
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Pickpick

I think this will be my last Austen for the month. I enjoyed it, but so little time was spent at the Abbey. I just wanted more. #AuthorAMonth

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Bklover
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Starting this today for #authoramonth with @Soubhiville and the rest of the #aam -ers Kind of excited as I haven‘t read this one 😊

Read4life I‘m starting it this week and it‘s a first time read for me too. #AuthorAMonth 1y
Bklover @Read4life 😊❤️ (edited) 1y
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Texreader
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Ebook is 29 cents. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Thanks to @AmandaBlaze for letting me know about this deal!

Bklover Thank you!❤️ 1y
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tpixie @Soubhiville @Texreader wow! I‘ve never seen a book so cheap!!! 1y
TheSpineView Score! Thanks for letting us know. 1y
Andrew65 If you download the free Serial Reader App you can read her books for free, and many other books that are out of copyright. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/serial-reader/id1077180804
@bklover @texreader @thespineview @soubhiville @tpixie
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Texreader @Andrew65 Thank you!! I‘ll do that! 1y
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AroundTheBookWorld
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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AroundTheBookWorld
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of twenty-six and eighteen is to do pretty well; and professing myself moreover convinced that the general‘s unjust interference, so far from being really injurious to their felicity, was perhaps rather conducive to it, by improving their knowledge of each other, and adding strength to their attachment, I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be ❤️

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Jadams89
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Iris is unamused by my choice to read (with football playing in the background) rather than going to bed early. 😸😸

Chrissyreadit 😻😻😻😻 1y
dabbe Hello there, sweet Iris! 🖤🐾🖤 1y
ElizaMarie Iris is just beautiful!!! 1y
batsy What a beauty! 1y
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quirkiecurls
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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“Mrs. Allen was one of that numerous class of females, whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them.” This quote made me laugh out loud!😂 I can always depend on Jane Austin to have savage descriptions of her foolish acting characters. #janeaustin

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PuddleJumper
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
Pickpick

Listened to this while I was working for the #scarathlonsprint

I've read this before and enjoyed it. It was nice to listen to it even at double speed

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ShyBookOwl
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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AnnR What a lovely bookcover. 📚 2y
Eggs Beautiful photo & cover🖤🕯️💙 2y
ShyBookOwl @AnnR @Eggs Thx! I love this edition too 2y
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LadyCait84
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Revisited Northanger Abbey this weekend as part of my Austenian August celebrations.

Via audiobook this time, but still followed by a viewing of the 2007 film adaptation.

JJ Feild really is perfect as Henry Tilney.

And Henry Tilley is perfect.

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IndoorDame
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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#Dancing My favorite Austen dance scenes happen in this one. #BookBinge @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Beautiful💃 2y
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Linsy
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Hey all, just wanted to share that I'm presenting at Virtual JaneCon this year!! It's 100% free, fan run and should be lots of fun, so watch along July 15-16 if you're interested!

Here's the link to the schedule: https://virtualjanecon.com/virtualjanecon-2023/

#pemberlittens #virtualjanecon #janeausten

eeclayton Sounds fun! ☺️ 2y
Cuilin Fabulous, enjoy. 2y
Christy2318 Ohhhh this sounds fun. 2y
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CrowCAH
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#PemberLittens
#Preorder volume TWO of Jane Austen‘s works!

Includes books:
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Lady Susan
The Watsons
Sanditon
Complete Juvenilia

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-complete-jane-austen-collection-jane-austen...

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twinkletoes74
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Another classic.

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VioletMoonBooks
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No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her.
#NorthangerAbbey #JaneAusten #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookart #bookartist #bookattitude #bookaholic #bookaholics #Classics #Fiction #Romance #Gothic #HistoricalFiction #Literature #19thCentury #Historical 💕

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VioletMoonBooks
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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dabbe I love that idea! 😊 2y
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Librarybelle
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Of course, my favorite book in October was Northanger Abbey…this time rereading it with the #PemberLittens . Austen‘s ode to the gothic novel, told with her style of satire, is charming and fun to read. #12BooksOf2022

Andrew65 A true classic and a great choice. 2y
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DivineDiana
Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen
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Mehso-so

It took me too long to finally finish this book. If only I had kept up with the #pemberlittens! This was my least enjoyable Austen read. I do think it was because I was reading too many books at the same time. In the beginning, I was appreciating the humor, but later, nothing was amusing me. Catherine Morland did not capture my fancy,and it all seemed too contrived. I realize it was her first novel. I loved all the promenades in Bath,and fashion.

DivineDiana Not sure what film this is, but it looked like a promenade of sort. #catchinguponreviews 2y
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AnneCecilie
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This is the 4th time I‘ve read this novel. I don‘t know what to say other than that I enjoy it more each time I read it.

I love the heroes more and hate the villains more too.

Now I have to read some of Austen‘s other work again too, since this can‘t be the only book of hers I‘ve read 4 times.

#PemberLittens
Thanks for hosting again @sprainedbrain As always wonderful

sprainedbrain No, it really can‘t be the only one you‘ve read 4 times! 😂❤️ 2y
RebelReader I‘m having a strong case of FOMO because I‘ve never read this one. 😬 2y
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