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NorthangerAbbey(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

内容简介

NorthangerAbbey,byJaneAusten,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Newintroductionscommissionedfromtoday'stopwritersandscholarsBiographiesoftheauthorsChronologiesofcontemporaryhistorical,biographical,andculturaleventsFootnotesandendnotesSelectivediscussionsofimitations,parodies,poems,books,plays,paintings,operas,statuary,andfilmsinspiredbytheworkCommentsbyotherfamousauthorsStudyquestionstochallengethereader'sviewpointsandexpectationsBibliographiesforfurtherreadingIndices&Glossaries,whenappropriateAlleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Awonderfullyentertainingcoming-of-agestory,NorthangerAbbeyisoftenreferredtoasJaneAusten’s“Gothicparody.”Decrepitcastles,lockedrooms,mysteriouschests,crypticnotes,andtyrannicalfathersgivethestoryanuncannyair,butonewithadecidedlysatiricaltwist.Thestory’sunlikelyheroineisCatherineMorland,aremarkablyinnocentseventeen-year-oldwomanfromacountryparsonage.WhilespendingafewweeksinBathwithafamilyfriend,CatherinemeetsandfallsinlovewithHenryTilney,whoinviteshertovisithisfamilyestate,NorthangerAbbey.Oncethere,Catherine,agreatreaderofGothicthrillers,letstheshadowyatmosphereoftheoldmansionfillhermindwithterriblesuspicions.WhatisthemysterysurroundingthedeathofHenry’smother?IsthefamilyconcealingaterriblesecretwithintheelegantroomsoftheAbbey?CanshetrustHenry,orishepartofanevilconspiracy?Catherinefindsdreadfulportentsinthemostprosaicevents,untilHenrypersuadeshertoseetheperilinconfusinglifewithart.Executedwithhigh-spiritedgusto,NorthangerAbbeyisthemostlightheartedofJaneAusten’snovels,yetatitscorethisdelightfulnovelisaserious,unsentimentalcommentaryonloveandmarriage.AlfredMacAdamteachesliteratureatBarnardCollege–ColumbiaUniversity.Heisatranslatorandartcritic.

作者简介

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.简·奥斯汀，是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。

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