Books written in or set in the 1700’s.
About: (Wiki) Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox‘s The Female Quixote (1752). Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, but not published until after Austen’s death in 1817. The story concerns Catherine Morland, the naïve young protagonist, and her journey to a better understanding of herself and Read more…
About: (Wiki) The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood. From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly Read more…
About: (Wiki) Sense and Sensibility … was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author’s name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16½) as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John, and a younger Read more…