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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a public-domain English horror novel by Jane Austen. Themes include Books and reading, England, Gentry. Read clean chapter pages on Talezzo

Author: Jane Austen Creator: Public Domain Source 32 chapters Updated Jun 24, 2026 19.9K views 1K likes 0 comments

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Northanger Abbey is a public-domain English horror novel by Jane Austen, imported for Talezzo readers who want free online chapter pages and classic fiction discovery.

Subjects: Books and reading, England, Gentry, Gothic fiction, Horror tales, Love stories, Marriage, Satire, Young women.

Source record: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/121. This page uses public-domain text metadata and stores the reading pages on Talezzo with clean SEO URLs.

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Northanger Abbey Chapter 1: A NOTE ON THE TEXT

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ADVERTISEMENT BY THE AUTHORESS, TO NORTHANGER ABBEY

This little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. It was disposed of to a bookseller, it was even advertised, and why the business proceeded no farther, the author has never been able to learn. That any bookseller should think it worth-while to purchase what he did not think it worth-while to publish seems extraordinary. But with this, neither the author nor the public have any other concern than as some observation is necessary upon those parts of the work which thirteen years have made comparatively obsolete. The public are entreated to bear in mind that thirteen years have passed since it was finished, many more since it was begun, and that during that period, places, manners, books, and opinions have undergone considerable changes.

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1 A NOTE ON THE TEXT 1 min 2 No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have 7 min 3 In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland’s 11 min 4 Every morning now brought its regular duties—shops were to be visited 8 min 5 With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room 6 min 6 Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening, in 6 min 7 The following conversation, which took place between the two friends in 8 min 8 Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway, 13 min 9 In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker, however, the party from 13 min 10 The progress of Catherine’s unhappiness from the events of the evening 16 min 11 The Allens, Thorpes, and Morlands all met in the evening at the 18 min 12 The morrow brought a very sober-looking morning, the sun making only a 14 min 13 “Mrs. Allen,” said Catherine the next morning, “will there be any harm 10 min 14 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday have now 15 min 15 The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack 16 min 16 Early the next day, a note from Isabella, speaking peace and tenderness 15 min 17 Catherine’s expectations of pleasure from her visit in Milsom Street 13 min 18 The Allens had now entered on the sixth week of their stay in Bath; and 7 min 19 With a mind thus full of happiness, Catherine was hardly aware that two 10 min 20 A few days passed away, and Catherine, though not allowing herself to 7 min 21 Mr. and Mrs. Allen were sorry to lose their young friend, whose good 15 min 22 A moment’s glance was enough to satisfy Catherine that her apartment 14 min 23 The housemaid’s folding back her window-shutters at eight o’clock the 16 min 24 An hour passed away before the General came in, spent, on the part of 12 min 25 The next day afforded no opportunity for the proposed examination of 13 min 26 The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened 14 min 27 From this time, the subject was frequently canvassed by the three young 12 min 28 The next morning brought the following very unexpected letter from 6 min 29 Soon after this, the General found himself obliged to go to London for 16 min 30 Catherine was too wretched to be fearful. The journey in itself had no 16 min 31 Catherine’s disposition was not naturally sedentary, nor had her habits 14 min 32 Mr. and Mrs. Morland’s surprise on being applied to by Mr. Tilney for 6 min

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