Reading List: Northanger Abbey

After reading a books as long as A Portrait of A Lady, my mother and I decided to read a couple of little fun classic novels; and what better novels than Jane Austin’s! I am an avid fan of Pride and Prejudice, and no one wants to marry Mr. Darcy as much as myself; but I have to admit that I had yet to read three of Miss Austin’s novels: Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abby. So we decided to begin with Northanger Abby.

I actually started reading Northanger Abby while waiting at the movies late Thursday night during the Midnight showing of The Hunger Games, and the enjoyment that the story brought me made the wait go by very fast!

It’s a very short book, with the characteristic that makes it completely Jane Austin:

1.    It involves young girls.

2.    There are always two men pulling at the heroine’s heartstrings.

3.    A heartbreaking event almost prevents the heroine from being with her love.

4.    All plots are tied up neatly.

5.    The heroine is happily engaged or married.

Northanger Abby has everything you could wish for. I haven’t spoiled any ending for someone who has yet to read this, because you don’t know who the luck man is that is going to sweep Miss Catherine Moreland off of her feet!! A very nice read indeed!!