ISBN: 9781443424332

An ordinary girl in search of an extraordinary life: one of the worlds premier thriller writers reimagines Jane Austens classic as a contemporary gothic adventure, to universal acclaimCat… Mehr…

An ordinary girl in search of an extraordinary life: one of the worlds premier thriller writers reimagines Jane Austens classic as a contemporary gothic adventure, to universal acclaimCat Morland is ready to grow up. A home-schooled ministers daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, she loses herself in novels and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valleys narrow horizon. So imagine her delight when the Allens, neighbours and friends of her parents, invite her to attend the Edinburgh Festival as their guest.Armed with a sunny personality, show tickets every night and a few key wardrobe additions, Cat begins to take Edinburgh by storm and is welcomed into the bosom of the Thorpe family, particularly by eldest daughter Bella. And then theres the handsome Henry Tilney, an up-and-coming lawyer whose family home is the beautiful and forbidding Northanger Abbey. Cat is entranced by Henry and his charming sister Eleanor, but she cant help wondering if everything about them is as perfect as it seems. Or has she just been reading too many novels A delectable, note-perfect modern update of the Jane Austen classic, Northanger Abbey tells a timeless story of innocence amid cynicism, the exquisite angst of young love, and the value of friendship.Val McDermids brilliant re-working of Jane Austens original shows that innocent, bookish girls in thrall to the supernatural have changed surprisingly little in two centuries. Witty and shrewd, full of romance and skulduggery I loved it. J.K. Rowling Northanger Abbey: An ordinary girl in search of an extraordinary life: one of the worlds premier thriller writers reimagines Jane Austens classic as a contemporary gothic adventure, to universal acclaimCat Morland is ready to grow up. A home-schooled ministers daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, she loses herself in novels and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valleys narrow horizon. So imagine her delight when the Allens, neighbours and friends of her parents, invite her to attend the Edinburgh Festival as their guest.Armed with a sunny personality, show tickets every night and a few key wardrobe additions, Cat begins to take Edinburgh by storm and is welcomed into the bosom of the Thorpe family, particularly by eldest daughter Bella. And then theres the handsome Henry Tilney, an up-and-coming lawyer whose family home is the beautiful and forbidding Northanger Abbey. Cat is entranced by Henry and his charming sister Eleanor, but she cant help wondering if everything about them is as perfect as it seems. Or has she just been reading too many novels A delectable, note-perfect modern update of the Jane Austen classic, Northanger Abbey tells a timeless story of innocence amid cynicism, the exquisite angst of young love, and the value of friendship.Val McDermids brilliant re-working of Jane Austens original shows that innocent, bookish girls in thrall to the supernatural have changed surprisingly little in two centuries. Witty and shrewd, full of romance and skulduggery I loved it. J.K. Rowling, Harpercollins Canada<