ESSAY ON: Austen's Northanger Abbey: The Character of General Tilney

Number of Pages 5

This research paper: (5 pp). Northanger Abbey was written in 1797-98 under a different title. The manuscript was revised around 1803 and sold to a London publisher, Crosbie & Co., who sold it back in 1816. The Signet Classic text is based on the first edition, published by John Murray, London, in 1818--the year following Miss Austen's death. General Tilney 'not past the vigour of life, ' is the character which we will examine in this discussion. The General as he is often referred to in the text serves as the example of the 'old school, ' both as a male and as a parent. Since we are talking of a coming of age story it is not unusual that this character serves as a foil for the young lady in question.


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