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A review by paleflyer
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
4.0
I enjoyed this, although I find I like Jane Austen less than I did when I was young.
The good parts:
- The satire about Catherine as a heroine, expecting a great adventure at every turn and inevitably leading herself into disappointment.
- The humorous dialogue.
- Catherine. She is young, naïve, completely gullible, and still learning to think independently. I found her charming (and at times, frustrating).
My main complaints are just a bit with Austen's general style - characters being a bit one-dimensional, the love story being rushed into more than felt natural in the ending, etc. Ending without a promise of marriage, but rather a hint at its possibility would have felt better to me, at least, considering Catherine and Henry had not seemed to get past anything but mild flirtation.
The good parts:
- The satire about Catherine as a heroine, expecting a great adventure at every turn and inevitably leading herself into disappointment.
- The humorous dialogue.
- Catherine. She is young, naïve, completely gullible, and still learning to think independently. I found her charming (and at times, frustrating).
My main complaints are just a bit with Austen's general style - characters being a bit one-dimensional, the love story being rushed into more than felt natural in the ending, etc. Ending without a promise of marriage, but rather a hint at its possibility would have felt better to me, at least, considering Catherine and Henry had not seemed to get past anything but mild flirtation.