· NORTHANGER ABBEY. by Val McDermid ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. In the second installment of the Austen Project, which has contemporary writers updating the classic novels, McDermid (Cross and Burn, , etc.) strives to reinvigorate an overlooked Gothic parody with a 21st-century makeover. Clergyman’s daughter Catherine Morland is known as Cat in her latter-day . · Val McDermid’s “Northanger Abbey” is the second book to emerge from the Austen Project, in which Jane Austen’s published oeuvre is reimagined by 21st-century www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. · Northanger Abbey. Book Description: A modern re-imagining of the Gothic Classic Northanger Abbey by the bestselling crime author Val McDermid. The second book in The Austen Project. Seventeen-year-old Catherine ‘Cat’ Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance and excitement for which she yearns.
A modern re-imagining of the Gothic Classic Northanger Abbey by the bestselling crime author Val McDermid. The second book in The Austen Project. Seventeen-year-old Catherine 'Cat' Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance and excitement for which she yearns. NORTHANGER ABBEY by VAL McDERMID This is volume two of the Austen Project, where the six completed novels of Jane Austen are being transported to modern times by six different authors. This is the first of the three published so far that I've read and also the first book by Val McDermid I've ever read. www.doorway.ru: Northanger Abbey (Audible Audio Edition): Val McDermid, Liz Pearce, Recorded Books: Books.
In Northanger Abbey, she delivers her own, witty, updated take on Austen’s classic novel about a young woman whose visit to the stately home of a well-to-do acquaintance stirs her most macabre imaginings, with an extra frisson of suspense that only McDermid could provide. Listen to Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid with a free trial. Listen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger www.doorway.rueen-year-old Catherine ‘Cat’ Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance and excitement for which she yearns. “The unmitigated pleasure here is the obvious relish with which McDermid relocates Austen’s Regency England tale of romantic intrigue in Bath’s high-society circuit and imaginatively-spun Gothic intrigue at a rural abbey to 21st-century Britain McDermid’s success lies in her ability to allow her version of Northanger Abbey to dovetail tidily and enjoyably with Austen’s original while infusing it with her own humor, wit, and style.
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