TheAnnotatedNorthangerAbbey

AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL, SEPTEMBER 2013 Copyright © 2013 by David M. Shapard All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, both Penguin Random House Companies. Anchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. eBook ISBN: 978-0-307-95026-0 Print ISBN: 978-0-307-39080-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Austen, Jane, 1775–1817. The annotated Northanger Abbey / by Jane Austen ; annotated and edited, with an introduction, by David M. Shapard. — First Anchor Books edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-307-39080-6 (pbk.) 1. Austen, Jane, 1775–1817. Northanger Abbey. 2. Young women—England—Fiction. 3. Horror tales—Appreciation—Fiction. 4. Gentry—England—Fiction. 5. Marriage—Economic aspects—Fiction. 6. England—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction. 7. Satire.8. Gothic fiction.9. Love stories. I. Shapard, David M. II. Title. III. Title: Northanger Abbey. PR4034.N7 2013 823.7—dc23 2013004497 Book design by Rebecca Aidlin Maps by ......