Northanger Abbey (version 4)
Jane Austen
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reverse is also true? If the man comes of a terrifyingly dysfunctional family and the girl in question likes to see spooks and horrors round every corner, yes. Morland by name, Lackland by nature, Catherine, not altogether addicted to the heroine role in general, finds this greatness thrust upon her in the (fortunately, principally financial) fantasies of her would-be inamorato's father, the General. When the General finds she is the artless, simple girl that she appears and not the creature of his frankly heartless imaginings of her, he thrusts her - but I leave the event to your fevered, no doubt Gothick, even, imaginination to determine.A deliberate parody of the horrific strand in popular culture, as Jane Austen no doubt herself would observe if she could see the burgeoning cult of the Undead in Unliterary culture - It is as if Northanger Abbey had never been written! Hear it and laugh. - Summary by Tony Addison
Author - Jane Austen.
Narrator - Tony Addison.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reverse is also true? If the man comes of a terrifyingly dysfunctional family and the girl in question likes to see spooks and horrors round every corner, yes. Morland by name, Lackland by nature, Catherine, not altogether addicted to the heroine role in general, finds this greatness thrust upon her in the (fortunately, principally financial) fantasies of her would-be inamorato's father, the General. When the General finds she is the artless, simple girl that she appears and not the creature of his frankly heartless imaginings of her, he thrusts her - but I leave the event to your fevered, no doubt Gothick, even, imaginination to determine.A deliberate parody of the horrific strand in popular culture, as Jane Austen no doubt herself would observe if she could see the burgeoning cult of the Undead in Unliterary culture - It is as if Northanger Abbey had never been written! Hear it and laugh. - Summary by Tony Addison Author - Jane Austen. Narrator - Tony Addison. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:09:39
Chapter 2
Duration:00:16:39
Chapter 3
Duration:00:12:27
Chapter 4
Duration:00:09:52
Chapter 5
Duration:00:09:16
Chapter 6
Duration:00:11:31
Chapter 7
Duration:00:20:37
Chapter 8
Duration:00:18:06
Chapter 9
Duration:00:23:38
Chapter 10
Duration:00:26:16
Chapter 11
Duration:00:19:31
Chapter 12
Duration:00:13:05
Chapter 13
Duration:00:23:34
Chapter 14
Duration:00:25:35
Chapter 15
Duration:00:22:36
Chapter 16
Duration:00:19:03
Chapter 17
Duration:00:11:22
Chapter 18
Duration:00:14:02
Chapter 19
Duration:00:12:34
Chapter 20
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 21
Duration:00:25:26
Chapter 22
Duration:00:30:13
Chapter 23
Duration:00:24:25
Chapter 24
Duration:00:26:38
Chapter 25
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 26
Duration:00:18:43
Chapter 27
Duration:00:08:07
Chapter 28
Duration:00:28:13
Chapter 29
Duration:00:26:27
Chapter 30
Duration:00:24:07
Chapter 31
Duration:00:10:12