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Article: Anne Elliot bound up in Northanger Abbey: the history of the joint publication of Jane Austen's first and last complete novels.(Miscellany)
- Article from:
- Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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"But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?"
"The nicest;--by which I suppose you mean the neatest. That must depend on the binding."
Northanger Abbey
EVER SINCE THEIR INITIAL PUBLICATION in each other's company in December of 1817, Jane Austen's novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion have been commonly bound together. No two other Austen novels come anywhere near to being as frequently paired by book publishers and sold together as a unit. For critics and biographers, this joint publication has often incidentally justified a comparative discussion of the two texts, but it has also always, understandably enough, been ...