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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a satire on the novel of terror, but besides making fun of a literary convention, it has another kind of satire. Jane Austen is aware of human foibles and weaknesses. Discuss both these aspects of satire in Northanger Abbey. Heinemann's dictionary defines satire as "the use of mocking or exaggerated humour to ridicule faults and vices". Satire was used by one of England's greatest satirists in the 18th century: Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey didn't actually appear until after Austen's death, but in "Northanger Abbey" she satirises the common idiosy of her time as well as the Gothic novel. The Gothic novel was "morbid writing" which over exaggerated the gloom and terror of ancient Abbey's of Jane Austen's time. Th

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