This summer we are embarking on our 5th novel, and it quite possibly may be one of the least-anticipated ones. Poor Northanger Abbey. So far it has not gotten the respect (I believe) it deserves in our Book Club, but I hope we will all enjoy it more than our last book.
I'm only about four chapters along so far, though this is (amazingly) one of the three Austen novels that I had read prior to Book Club. So, just remember,
"If Betsy's read it, so can you!"I found some good discussion questions on this site, but the following thoughts in particular stood out to me as good ones to think about in these early stages:
"Northanger Abbey is a book about reading. Much of the plot has to do with the folly of confusing one's own life with the stuff of fictional adventure. But the book also contains a famous Austen defense of novels and novelists, particularly those read and written by women."
Happy Reading!
Betsy
P.S. I am really confused why Blogger insists that I want a background color behind the text. I can't figure out how to change it back, since our blog's background is not one of the "Text Background Color" options! If anyone has any ideas, please enlighten me. Thanks!
P.S. I am really confused why Blogger insists that I want a background color behind the text. I can't figure out how to change it back, since our blog's background is not one of the "Text Background Color" options! If anyone has any ideas, please enlighten me. Thanks!
If I was reading this book without a cover, I never would have believed that it was written by Jane Austen- the style is so different than her other books.
ReplyDeleteI also think that since this book is about Catherine's escape from reality into fiction, the four of us are going to have a lot to talk about!
You will love Mr. Tilney!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip, Jessica! Katie, I have no idea what you are talking about. Us? Escaping from reality to fiction? You must have us confused with some other group of twenty-something, book-reading, blog-writing, recipe-and-craft-trying women...
ReplyDeleteI am confused by your comment, Betsy. Not us- Catherine, the "heroine," she has issues discerning between reality and fiction.
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