Reading Northanger Abbey

July 3, 2010 (0 comments)

I began reading Northanger Abbey a couple of weeks ago, thinking I'd already read it--perhaps I imagined I had, since I have now seen two film adaptations. I must say, I am greatly enjoying the book--moreso than the film versions. A film can never quite capture or convey the witty intelligence that exists in each carefully written line of a Jane Austen novel. Not to say that I do not greatly enjoy the film versions of Austen novels, but each time I read or re-read her books, I find something else to admire about her written words. Jane Austen has, and always will be, an inspiration to me as both a writer and lover of books. 

I am eager to complete Northanger Abbey and move on to the next part of the Everything Austen II Challenge!

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