In Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
parodies the Gothic novels of the 1790s that were best sellers in her youth.
Northanger Abbey was the fi rst of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed for
publishing and references The Mysteries of Udolpho, a novel by Gothic writer
Anne Radcliffe. The novel explores the differences between fi ction and reality
and questions the nature of its characters: who can be trusted and who is a
true friend. Northanger Abbey is more obviously comedic than any of her later
novels and was most likely written for the enjoyment of her family because of
the use of literary illusions that her family would have enjoyed. Jane Austen
was cautious about publishing this novel after the success of her other novels,
because she was concerned that the Gothic novel she was parodying had gone out
of fashion. But, nearly 200 years after its eventual publication, the Gothic
seems to be as popular as ever.
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