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VintageClassics:NorthangerAbbey(newcoverre

内容简介

WITHANINTRODUCTIONBYP.D.JAMESTheVintageClassicsAustenseriesisdesignedbythewriterandillustratorLeanneShaptonandintroducedbysomeofourfinestcontemporarywritersandAustenfans：AlexanderMcCallSmith，LynneTruss，AmandaVickery，FrancescaSegal，P.D.JamesandAndrewMotion.'JaneAustenisagenius，andNorthangerAbbeyishugelyunderrated'MartinAmisCatherineMorlandisayounggirlwithaveryactiveimagination.HernaivetyandloveofsensationalnovelsleadhertoapproachthefashionablesocialsceneinBathandherstayatnearbyNorthangerAbbeywithpreconceptionsthathaveembarrassingandentertainingconsequences.

作者简介

JaneAustenwasborninSteventonRectoryon16thDecember1775.ShebeganwritingPrideandPrejudicewhenshewastwenty-twoyearsold.OriginallytitledFirstImpressions,itwasinitiallyrejectedbypublishersandonlypublishedin1813aftermuchrevision.Shepublishedfournovelsinherlifetime,SenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).JaneAustendiedon18thJuly1817.NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasionwerebothpublishedposthumouslyin1818.P.D.Jamesisanaward-winningcrimewriterandauthorofDeathComestoPemberley.ShewasawardedanOBEin1983,andwascreatedalifepeerin1991.LeanneShaptonisanillustrator,authorandpublisherbasedinNewYorkCity.http://leanneshapton.com/,,,

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