Others, like Northanger Abbey, were met with more confusion than enthusiasm. As a coming-of-age romance and a romantic satire, a gothic parody and a comedy of manners, Northanger Abbey has ...

Invited to visit the Tilney estate, Northanger Abbey, she has thoughts of romance but soon learns that status, class and money are all equally important when it comes to matters of the heart.

Books are subjective and can be a very personal topic for some. They can leave an impression on a young mind, or offer ...

Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Catherine seizes her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the ...

In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, spurred on by reading Ann Radcliffe’s book The Mysteries of Udolpho, becomes convinced she is living out her own Gothic fantasy.

The group, who meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Jubilee Hall in the Old School, Sully, will read a range of classics this year ...