Excerpt from Northanger Abbey<br/><br/>The biographical notice was probably written by Miss Austen's brother, the Rev. Henry Austen. Her name was here for the first time publicly associated with her work, and the few events of her life were briefly narrated, with some extracts from her letters.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.