Northanger Abbey

This elegant collector’s edition presents Jane Austen’s classic novel, Northanger Abbey, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.

On Catherine Morland’s first excursion into fashionable society, she meets the distinguished Henry Tilney and is invited to visit his home, Northanger Abbey. A devotee of Gothic novels, Catherine hopes that the Abbey will live up to her the haunted ruins conjured up in her imagination. But as she explores the mysteries of the house, her expectations lead her quite astray... While poking fun at popular fiction, Catherine’s story also exposes the difference between illusion and reality, and shows how her artless approach to people attracts true friendship and love.

This beautiful pocket-sized gift edition contains the classic and unabridged text, presented with a gold embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and goldgilded page edges. Part of the ArcturusOrnate Classics series, this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic literature.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.

Susie Hodge (MA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts) has written numerous books on art and art history. She has also given lectures and held practical workshops, as well as taking part in television and radio programmes on art. Her books have received many awards and the Wall Street Journal described her book How to Survive Modern Art as a ’lesson in clarity’. She lives near London in the UK.