Splendidly wicked vice in Jane Austen

Here is the video from the most recent Austen book club about Northanger Abbey. Below is a summary of some of the ideas from Samuel Johnson that inform the book. Later on I will write about Northanger Abbey and the critics.

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BDM

has just written about Northanger Abbey for the Paris Review. I cannot recommend her piece highly enough. Unlike me, she real…