{"product_id":"northanger-abbey-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393978506","title":"Northanger Abbey: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"This Norton Critical Edition is the most extensively annotated student edition available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Backgrounds\" features material carefully chosen to enhance readers' appreciation of the novel, including biographical commentary, early works and correspondence related to \u003cem\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e, and excerpts by Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and William Wordsworth, among others, tracing Austen's connection to her Romantic contemporaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" collects thirteen assessments of \u003cem\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e from a wide range of voices and periods, including essays by Margaret Oliphant and Rebecca West and critics Patricia Meyer Spacks, Claudia L. Johnson, Lee Erickson, and Joseph Litvak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAusten, Jane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/strong\u003e was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, in England. Her father, an Anglican clergyman, encouraged her literary pursuits from a young age and by her mid-twenties, Austen had drafted three novels. Following the success of \u003cem\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/em\u003e in 1811, she went on to publish \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/em\u003e (1813), \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e (1814), and \u003cem\u003eEmma\u003c\/em\u003e (1815). \u003cem\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/em\u003e were published posthumously in 1818. Despite her fondness for marriage plots-all six of her novels end in weddings-Austen never married, living with her mother and sister in the years leading up to her death. She died on July 18, 1817, in the city of Winchester. Over two centuries later, Austen's novels remain beloved classics, and she is considered one of the foremost writers in English literary history.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFraiman, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Fraiman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eUnbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCool Men and the Second Sex\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to essays on Jane Austen, she has published numerous articles in the areas of feminist and cultural studies.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630317605138,"sku":"9780393978506","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c2e5e8e-f0f9-4135-bef3-ba8a2a249d6f.jpg?v=1764072660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/northanger-abbey-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393978506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}