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SUMMARY: If you are either learning Italian, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Italian speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of Northanger Abbey. This one is worth the price if you would like to enrich your Italian-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text. Not only will you experience a great classic, but learn the richness of the English language with Italian synonyms at the bottom of each page. You will not see a full translation of the English text, but rather a running bilingual thesaurus to maximize the reader's exposure to the subtleties of both languages.

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite. Catherine is invited by the Allens, her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton, to accompany them to visit the town of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and other social delights...

Catherine Morland is an imaginative, seventeen year-old who has a love of reading, particularly Gothic novels. Visiting Bath for the first time, she experiences adventure in fashionable Regency society, meeting all manner of new companions and acquaintances. But her encounter with Henry Tilney takes Catherine on a totally different (and eventful) course - one that proves to her the real world can be far more challenging and complicated than anything Catherine might ever read about in one of her novels. Northanger Abbey is Jane Austen’s classic tale of Gothic mystery, self-discovery, friendship and romance - and is a characteristic look by its authoress at human nature that is still as entertaining and timeless as it is humorous, unpredictable and touching.This Cumulus Classics edition includes a biographical tribute to Jane Austen by her brother (Henry Austen), an introduction about Northanger Abbey's journey to the printed page and a short message by the authoress about her book. The full, unabridged text is based upon the first edition, originally published in December 1817.More than two hundred years since Northanger Abbey was first written, Jane Austen’s story of Catherine Morland, one of literature’s most original heroines, continues to enchant readers and aspiring heroines (as well as heroes) of all ages everywhere.