Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Public domain
Category: Humor
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson
Tags: Humor, Classic, Adults, Literature
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Release date: January 11, 2012 Duration: 08:17:19, When Catherine Morland, a country clergymans daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of Gothic novels by her new friend, Isabella, Catherine longs for mystery and romance. When she is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects mystery and intrigue at every turn. However, the truth turns out to be even stranger than fiction, Austens parody of a gothic novel gets an elegant reading to match its elegant prose. Sheltered Catherine Morland goes to fashionable Bath with a wealthy neighbor and discovers society and love. Juliet Stevenson gives each character a unique voicethe duplicitous Isabelle; Catherines suitor, Henry Tinley; and Catherines vacuous hostessand invests each conversati
