Love Story
Like many other novels she wrote, Northanger Abby is also a complicated love story. Although this novel was written decades ago, it is interesting how most of the women today are similar as the main character; Catherine. Most women today in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Northanger Abbey x Shaun of the Dead
Want to start off with a quick personal note here – didn’t know parody was so central to Austen’s work. Enjoyed Northanger Abbey much more than I expected. A couple of things really interest me about the work. One involves … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Northanger Abbey
I’ve tried to read Austen a few times over the years but never had much luck, and I expected Northanger Abbey to be much the same as her other works. Not so! Although the first few pages were a bit tricky, I got through them and really enjoyed the read. There were a few things about this […] Continue reading →
Gatsby, is that you?
Might I begin this blog post with this statement: Not too shabby Northanger Abbey. (Oh hey, that rhymed!) At first, not having read the summary on the back, I walked right into that thing without a clue of what to expect. Come to think of it, I’m still uncertain of the era I pictured the […] Continue reading →
an independent woman? unheard of!
I’m going to start this blog post by stressing the fact that I can’t make the lecture on Monday, much to my dismay, because I have class during that time. I read the email and immediately swore at the unfortunate timing. Anyway, when it comes to the world of Austen there is much to talk […] Continue reading →
General education
At the beginning of the term I was looking forward to Northanger Abbey/Shawn of the Dead, even though I’ve tried to read Jane Austen in the past (including this book) and I’ve always found her books difficult to get through. I just figured that maybe I stood a chance this time, and I managed to […] Continue reading →
Maybe Jane Austen doesn’t need to die in a dark, dank hole.
So here is my first literary blogpost of the year and I think this is a good book/reading to start with. this is not my first time around the Austen rodeo. In the past I have read Sense and Sensibility, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Northanger Abbey
Reading this is like an 1800′s version of Twiliht. Just no vampires or werewolves. Just a bunch of rich white boys and all these apparently “stupid” ladies which seem to be actually the only smart beings in the book besides … Continue reading →Continue reading →