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A light-hearted Austen reimagining
As a big Jane Austen fan, I am always a bit sceptical of modern day retellings of her books or continuations of her stories. However, Val McDermid’s offeri... READ MORE
Highly Anticipated!
I've been looking forward to getting my hands on this since reading the first offering from The Austen Project 'Sense and Sensibility', as 'Northanger Abbe... READ MORE
A great update
Northanger Abbey is probably the Austen book that I read most often, and having read the mess that is Trollope's version of Sense and Sensibility I was a l... READ MORE
Brilliant retelling
Now, as I put before, I'm not sure that I enjoyed this as much as I did because I knew the basic story, but not the minute details as I do Sense and Sensib... READ MORE
Something to Get Your Teeth Into.
The recently launched Austen project hopes to bring some of Jane Austen's works to a new, and dare I say younger, audience by getting current best selling ... READ MORE
An entertaining, light read.
Although I found that some of the old fashioned aspects of the plot didn't quite work in this modernised version, and to me the main character seemed much ... READ MORE
Brilliant retelling
Now, as I put before, I'm not sure that I enjoyed this as much as I did because I knew the basic story, but not the minute details as I do Sense and Sensib... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- ISBN: 9780802123015
- Number of pages: 368
- Dimensions: 226 x 160 x 30 mm
- Weight: 612g
Customer Reviews
View allFun and frothy
I'm not really sure what the point of "The Austen Project" - whereby successful modern authors rework a particular Austen book - is. In her introduction, V... READ MORE
Easy read, ideal for teens
17 year old Catherine 'Cat' Morland is disappointed by how her life doesn’t match the excitement of the novels she loves. All seems set to change however w... READ MORE
Fun read
I have never read the original Austin novel on which this book is based which might be why I enjoyed this book far more than other reviews which have compa... READ MORE
One for the romantics
I enjoyed this book but have only given it 3 stars as I did put it down several times and forget about it. I hadn't read the original Jane Austin book so c... READ MORE
Not worth the read
I have never read the original version of Northanger Abbey or any previous books by Val McDermid, but I did not enjoy this book. For me, the notion of brin... READ MORE
Modern, easy read.
I have always been a Jane Austin fan so I wasn't sure about the new modern versions but having read the first two I am rather pleased. This is definitely a... READ MORE
Fun, but not a great novel in its own right
This is an amusing retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, which lovers of the original novel will probably enjoy immensely, but which unfortunately p... READ MORE
Austen reimagined
This novel is a wonderful adaptation of an Austen classic. It tells the story of Catherine (or ‘Cat’) Moorland who goes through the same plights and predic... READ MORE
A fun re-writing of a classic
I’ll start by saying I love Austen’s Northanger Abbey. It is in my top three favourite books of hers and one I often re-read. I am always wary of re-workin... READ MORE
An update that works
I'd always thought it strange why someone would go to the bother of 'updating' any of the classic novels. I don't know why as I'm quite happy to see a 'mod... READ MORE
Stick to the original
I'm torn with these modernized Austen novels whilst it's great that new audience's are being introduced to her world, I'd still point people in the directi... READ MORE
A Different Take On A Classic.
This is a modern day take on Jane Austen's, Northanger Abbey book. With young, vibrant characters, a large part of this story takes place at the Edinburgh ... READ MORE
Great fun
An unusual Val McDermid, I think she had great fun writing it, and I had great fun reading it, with its little hints of Jane Austen and chicklit throughout... READ MORE