Northanger Abbey

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jane Austen（简·奥斯汀） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1985-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553211979
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classic

【内容简介】

Theearliestofhersixmajornovels,NorthangerAbbeyremainedunpublisheduntilafterJaneAusten'sdeath.AdeliciouslywittysatireofpopularGothicromances,itisperhapsAusten'slightest,mostdelightfulexcursionintoayoungwoman'sworld.CatherineMorland,anunlikelyheroine—unlikelybecausesheissoordinary—forsakesherEnglishvillageforthepleasuresandperilsofBath.There,amongacircleofAusten'swonderfullyvain,dissembling,andfashionablecharacters,shemeetsapotentialsuitor,HenryTilney.Butwithherimaginationfueledbymelodramaticnovels,Catherineturnsavisittohishome,NorthangerAbbey,intoahuntfordarkfamilysecrets.TheresultisaseriesofhilarioussocialgaffesandharshawakeningsthatforallofAusten'syouthfulexuberanceneverthelessconveyshermaturevisionofliteratureandlife—andtheconsequencesofmistakingonefortheother.

【作者简介】

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.
AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.

　　简·奥斯汀，是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。