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(5 pp). Northanger Abbey was written in 1797-98
under a different title. The manuscript was
revised around 1803 and sold to a London publisher,
Crosbie & Co., who sold it back in 1816. The
Signet Classic text is based on the first edition,
published by John Murray, London, in 1818--the year
following Miss Austen's death.
General Tilney 'not past the vigour of life,
' is the character which we will examine in this
discussion. The General as he is often referred to
in the text serves as the example of the 'old school,
' both as a male and as a parent. Since we are
talking of a coming of age story it is not unusual
that this character serves as a foil for the young
lady in question.
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text is based on the first edition, published by John Murray, London, in 1818--the year following Miss Austens death. General Tilney "not past the vigour of life," is the character
which we will examine in this discussion. The General as he is often referred to in the text serves as the example of the "old school," both as a
male and as a parent. Since we are talking of a coming of age story it is not unusual that this character serves as a foil for the young
lady in question. The Setting Austin sets this coming of age tale in England at a time when the upper middle class spent part of the summer in the old
Roman pools at Bath. Since all travel is by walking or carriage, we might guess that the setting does not vary more than seventy miles from Bath. The
Plot Catherine Morland is exposed to the season at bath through the generosity of the Allens, her neighbors. Through their acquaintance she meets several families, and accepts an invitation
from General Tilney, to visit with him and his son, Henry and daughter, Eleanor at Northanger Abbey, the Tilneys estate. We learn that the General "is
a fine old fellow, stout, active -- looks as young as his son: a gentleman-like, good sort of fellow as ever lived" When Catherine asks Thorpe about the General herself
she is told, he is a " very fine fellow; as rich as a Jew. I should like to dine with him; I dare say he gives famous dinners. But
what do you think we have been talking of? -- You. Yes, by heavens! --and the General thinks you the finest girl in Bath" (ch 11 p 109). And when
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