Northanger abbey (vintage classics austen series) (Vintage Publishing)

This title comes with an introduction aby P.D. James. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced aby some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. "Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated". (Martin Amis). Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.