Review - Northanger Abbey

[jack]

Why did no-one but Edith, Mum, George, M-J, Tom, Grandma and Paul tell me to read this? I laughed out loud twice on the first page:

Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor, and a very respectable man, though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome.

A family often children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number;

It's a nice satire of gothic romances, (the back cover says "bitingly satirical pastiche" which sound redundant somehow, but I can't quite put my finger on where) which you know enough about to appreciate it without having lived then. And the characters could walk into the college bar today and be just as naive and clever and friendly and amusing. I almost want to marry Tilney myself, or better, be him :)

Comments

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Probably not; I wonder why the government mandates 4 hours a week devoted to destroying children's interest in literature and grammar? :)