Edition containing Northanger Abbey and Persuasion in one volume.
Northanger Abbey: a cautionary tale on the dangers of reading too many Gothic novels. Very funny and arch - much less polished than Austen's later work, and in some ways better for it. The ending is very rushed, though.
Persuasion: Simply perfect in every way! My favourite Austen novel, and I'd take Captain Wentworth over Mr Darcy any day. ( )

I didn't like this as much as the other two books I've read by Austen ("Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"). To me, it seemed flawed and either unedited or incomplete. After finishing it, I was not surprised that this book was not published until after Austen's death. Overall, I wasn't very much satisfied with this book. ( )

Classic,Fiction,Unread