Monday, February 21, 2011

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

I enjoyed this one quite a bit.  It was a little tedious in some places but I thought it was pretty good.  I enjoyed Catherine and how she started out as a tom boy who wanted nothing to do with anything feminine and girly.  Then over time she started to take an interest in "girl" things.  She reminded me a bit of Anne of Green Gables, with her romantic ideas and dramatizing everything.  Like when Catherine went to Northanger Abbey and was exploring.  Everything held a secret in her mind and she had such an imagination.  I enjoyed that.  I have read lots of reviews where people said she seemed dimwitted or stupid.  I did not get that.  I saw a vivacious young lady with a VERY active imagination and while she was impressionable, she was far from dumb.
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