Northanger Abbey is the earliest of Jane Austen's great comedies of female enlightenment and combines literary burlesque - making fun of the excesses of the Gothic novel - with larger moral, philosophical, and social issues: the folly of letting literature get in the way of life, the inexcusability of not thinking for oneself, and the painful difficulties (especially for women) involved in growing up. Lady Susan and The Watsons are early compositions...

"Anne Shirley Cuthbert's dream to go to Redmond finally comes true-- she, with Gilbert Blythe, Charlie Sloane, and Priscilla Grant join Redmond. Diana Barry was unhappy to see Anne go, but she has Fred-- would they marry soon? Redmond brought many surprises for Anne-- new friends-- Philippa Gordon, Roy Gardner, and Christine Stuart. What role would they play in Anne's life? What was the surprise that changes everything for Anne, just when she thought...