Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most highly praised novel during her lifetime was Pride and Prejudice, her second published novel. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security.

Jane Austen (Steventon, 16 de diciembre de 1775 - Winchester, 18 de julio de 1817) fue una destacada novelista britanica que vivio durante el periodo de la Regencia. La ironia que emplea para dotar de comicidad a sus novelas hace que Jane Austen sea considerada entre los clasicos de la novela inglesa, a la vez que su recepcion va, incluso en la actualidad, mas alla del interes academico, siendo sus obras leidas por un publico mas amplio."

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen..... 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. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written around 1798-99. It was revised by Austen for the press in 1803, and sold in the same year for 10 to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co., who decided against publishing. In the spring of 1816, the bookseller was content to sell it back to the novelist's brother, Henry Austen, for the exact sum-...

- Libro con ilustraciones - Una sociedad hipocrita...Dos hermanas...Y diferentes percepciones del Amor. Con esta novela, Austen ofrece un retrato interesante de la sociedad britanica del siglo XIX."

Northanger Abbey fue la primera de las novelas de Jane Austen que estuvo preparada para su publicacion, aunque antes habia comenzado a trabajar en Sentido y sensibilidad y Orgullo y prejuicio."

Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sisters; however, John's selfish and greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege. John and Fanny immediately take up their place as the new owners of Norland, while the Dashwood women are reduced to the position of unwelcome guests. Mrs. Dashwood begins looking for somewhere else to live. In the meantime, Fanny's brother, Edward Ferrars, a pleasant, unassuming, intelligent but reserved young man, visits Norland and soon forms an attachment with Elinor. Fanny disapproves the match and offends Mrs. Dashwood with...