With an introduction by P.D. James, the Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and features some of our best contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James, and Andrew Motion. "Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is greatly underrated," says Martin Amis. Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love for sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable society scene in Bath and her stay at the nearby Northanger Abbey with prejudices that result in awkward and entertaining consequences.