Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen, 1817.
Catherine Morland loves spooky novels. When she visits a real old abbey, she imagines secret crimes everywhere and gets into embarrassing trouble. Austen gently pokes fun at gothic fiction while telling a warm story about growing up and spotting false friends.
Public-domain text. First published in 1817; Jane Austen died in 1817, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.