A masterpiece of witty entertainment - ironic, sparkling, clever "Northanger Abbey" is a gem of witty entertainment. Primarily intended as a satire on the Gothic novel, the novel shows the master of lively dialogue and ironic character drawing at the height of her art. "Of sharp tongue, but tender heart" (Virginia Woolf), Jane Austen once again lights a firework of punch lines. Catherine Morland may be young, but she is neither strikingly beautiful nor particularly elegant or at least wealthy, and on top of that a true paragon of naivety. Roman heroines generally look different. She mistakes the flattery of coquettish friends for affection, and the pleasantries of vain dudes for nobility. But experience soon teaches her that not everything that glitters is noble. By focusing on her feelings and her intuitive me.