Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey

It's been a long time since,I read any Jane Austen, but my curiosity was aroused by the recent project to have the books rewritten by modern authors.  Val MacDermid, the crime writer,is to tackle this one.

Northanger Abbey is an easy entertaining read - a parody of the Gothic novels of Mrs Radcliffe and others as well as the wry observational comedy of manners for,which Austen is well known.