Category: 19th century fiction

  • Innocence and Impecuniousness

    Innocence and Impecuniousness

    Book Review:  Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, published by Modern Library (Random House), New York, 2002. (5 out of 5 stars). This novel was the first written by Austen (around 1803 when she was 28) but was not published until 1817, after her death, so she likely didn’t pick the title – I’m not sure…