Old English Poetry: An Anthology A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

<p>First accepted by a publisher in 1803, Northanger Abbey was eventually published posthumously in 1818. In it Austen weaves a romance full of suspense and comedy around the heroine Catherine Morland"s first foray into society. The style of the novel is a unique hybrid; along the way Austen parodies the eighteenth-century novel of manners, the Gothic novel, and even the educational treatises of the time.<br></p><p>The second Broadview edition includes a revised introduction, notes, bibliography, and expanded appendices of background contextual materials.<br></p>