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05-24-2005, 06:03 PM
Northanger Abbey is a great read. It really makes you sit back and think about your own life. Catherine sees herself and her life in terms of the books she's read and more specifically the gothic and romantic genres. I think we all do this. Many of us, me included, expect to be involved in a real-life 'romantic comedy' along the lines of 'about a boy' 'sleepless in seatle' or 'you've got mail' at some point in our lives. Is this a realistic expectation? probably not. But we are so used to watching these genres, we know the stories so well that we cant help but expect the same from our own lives. But does Catherine end up experiencing more or less as a result of this. I believe that she misses out on valuable experience because she can not percieve her world in an independant way. Fabulous book.