I like the idea of a gothic novel; especially one written from the great Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey created a much different feeling from the other books we have read over the course of the semester. I liked the idea of placing 17 year old Catherine in a 17 year old world; she befriends Isabella and Isabella introduces Catherine to a social paradise (gossip, balls, etc). I was drawn to the fact that this novel had a connection to The Mysteries of Udolpho because I happened to enjoy that book very much. Where The Mysteries of Udolpho is a gothic novel, it seems to be that Northanger Abbey is a "gothic parody".
I enjoyed Northanger Abbey because I felt like some of the things that Catherine experienced weren't so out of the ordinary; relationship with Isabella, boy problems, etc. While some things were out of the ordinary, the emotion that the book creates seems more realistic then some of the other novels.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I agree. I found Northanger Abbey to feel and read as an incredibly modern novel especially compared to those that preceded it in our readings this year.
Post a Comment