Northanger
Abbey
Northanger
Abbey is one of the amazing works of Jane Austen, which was published
posthumously in 1817. The story takes place in Bath and criticizes the gothic
novels so common at the time. The heroine of the story is called Catherine Morland
and is an avid reader of novels that take place in dark castles full of mystery
and suspense.
Catherine
eventually confuses reality and imagination in some situations. But throughout
her stay at Northenger Abbey she learns that reality is not always like her
novels. She learns she must not assign defects and even inappropriate attitudes
to people intuitively just because she could live amazing adventures if
everything she imagined of people was real. Only after suffering a harsh
disappointment she faces reality and it makes her grow up to maturity.
I could see
that the work as a whole is very interesting and you can see that not only the
character was going through a maturing process, but also the author. In works
published later you may notice a greater and greater refinement in the style of
the characters and the plot itself.
Thus it is
possible to reflect on the influence of what we read in our own conduct. Too
much reading can lead someone without maturity as young Catherine Morland to
imagine things beyond what is real. On the other hand too little or no reading
can lead to a lack of imagination. Think of it, how much and what are you
reading? How does what you read affect you?
More about
Jane Austen’s writing style:
The irony
is present in most of the works of Jane Austen, but is even more evident in the
work in analysis, perhaps because it is one of her earliest publications, I
guess.
In a few
moments you can sort her irony is a kind of black humor as in the following
passage: "She had three children before the birth of Catherine, and
instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world, as would be expected,
went live - live to have six children. " You do not see such expressions
in his other works.
Try reading
it yourself and try to find out more about her writing style!
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don’t forget to comment and share!
Have a good
reading day,
Tamiris
Sena
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