I’ve wasted too many hours where what might have been a good book on its own is ruined for me by the simple fact that I am too distracted by the writing style itself to focus on the story. Mostly this is due to the fact that Austen’s signature writing style is so tricky to duplicate and it is often what sinks many re-imaginings. I have a usual reading test that I apply to re-tellings of Jane Austen stories which simply involves reading the first chapter. Review: I found this book while wandering around my library one afternoon.
Or has she just been reading too many novels? Cat is entranced by Henry and his charming sister Eleanor, but she can’t help wondering if everything about them is as perfect as it seems. And then there’s the handsome Henry Tilney, an up-and-coming lawyer whose family home is the beautiful and forbidding Northanger Abbey. With a sunny personality, tickets every night and a few key wardrobe additions courtesy of Susie Allen, Cat quickly begins to take Edinburgh by storm and is taken into the bosom of the Thorpe family, particularly by eldest daughter Bella. So imagine her delight when the Allens, neighbors and friends of her parents, invite her to attend the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh as their guest.
A homeschooled minister’s daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, she loses herself in novels and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valley’s narrow horizon. Totes.Book: “Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen Project #2” by Val McDermidīook Description: Cat Morland is ready to grow up. “No bonnets – all brio,” wrote author Jeanette Winterson in a recommendation. However, this only adds to the whimsical nature of the book, which is an entertaining and effortless read. There are also elements of the 200-year-old tale that aren’t especially credible in the modern setting – it’s unlikely, for example, that a 17-year-old today would be as innocent, superstitious and acquiescent as our young heroine Catherine. Northanger Abbey is a departure from McDermid’s usual style in fact, it reads rather more like a young adult novel.
This is where Catherine, the rather naïve daughter of a pastor, meets new BFF Bella Thorpe, and, later, Ellie Tilney and her handsome lawyer brother Henry.ĭoes she also meet a vampire? That, dear reader, is something you must discover for yourself in this twisty tale of romance and mystery. The original characters and plotline are retained in this modern tale, although the setting is moved from Bath to Edinburgh, smack-bang in the middle of the annual Edinburgh Festival.
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