Gothic novels promised Catherine Morland locked chests and buried crimes; what Bath actually offers her is flirtation, gossip and a family with mercenary motives.
This Penguin Selected Classic edition carries Jane Austen's complete text, the earliest written of her novels although it appeared after her death. The comedy comes from a heroine who applies the wrong genre to her own life, while the sharper material concerns how marriage, money and reputation were negotiated. Austen's narrator is unusually visible here, commenting on novels and novel-readers as the story proceeds.
Notes on this edition:
• Unabridged text presented in Penguin’s Selected Classic series
• Austen's direct commentary on fiction and the people who read it
• A satire of the Gothic mode running alongside a straightforward courtship plot
• Uniform series design for readers assembling a classics set
For classic literature readers and Austen collectors, published by Penguin and available at Boipoka.
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