'Val McDermid's brilliant re-working of Jane Austen's original shows that innocent, bookish girls in thrall to the supernatural have changed surprisingly little in two centuries. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780007504299 Number of pages: 368 Weight: 340 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Is real life about to become more terrifying than the world of her imagination? She's all alone in an ancient abbey alive with old secrets and a family who are not quite as they seem. Turrets and creaking doors there may be, but in the depths of the Scottish Borders Cat is isolated from the outside world, with no phone signal and no internet. But this heroine is not so easily deterred, especially when she's singled out by the Tilney family to stay with them at their imposing gothic castle, Northanger Abbey. But if Cat can tear her eyes away from the page, she's in for a shock: the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true.Īn invite to the Edinburgh Festival from some wealthy neighbours throws her in the way of a mysterious young man, Henry Tilney a like-minded friend, Isabella Thorpe and her odious brother, who threatens to ruin Cat's chances of adventure. To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.įor Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary. Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid.
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