8 Quotes About Northanger-Abbey

We all know and love the classic novel, but there is much more to it than you may realize. It was written by Jane Austen and published in 1818, and it details the adventures of the Dashwood sisters and their close relationships with their family members. It’s a great read for any time of year, and you’ll enjoy the quotes below as much as you will the story itself.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the...
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No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment. Jane Austen
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They danced again, and when the assembly closed, parted, on the lady’s side at least, with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Whether she thought of him so much while she drank her warm wine and water and prepared herself for bed as to dream of him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a light slumber, or a morning doze at most, for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman’s love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentlemen before the gentleman is first known to have dreamed of her. Jane Austen
What could she have done? She was a heroine, and...
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What could she have done? She was a heroine, and with that came certain obligations. Emily C.A. Snyder
Such a narrative as this demands some sort of physical...
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Such a narrative as this demands some sort of physical consolation for its spiritual tribulation. Our heroine received it in one last cup of tea. The reader may be advised to do so likewise. Emily C.A. Snyder
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Another strike of lightening — now accompanied by the deep-bellied rumble, and the horse reared, incidentally setting Henry very picturesquely against the inconstant moon. Alas, Catherine was deeply engaged in her argument with Old Edric and this missed entirely the melodramatic display. But we may assume that, possessing so strong an imagination, Catherine had often pictured Henry thus... Emily C.A. Snyder
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But neither could compare with the gargantuan natural edifice that was the mountain upon which Nachtstürm Castle rose. It was a mountain made of the darkness between two lightning bolts. It was made less of earth than Stygian frost. Whole towns fell away as they ascended, as though the ranks of black and frowning conifers waged war against the humans below. Even the path — rather narrow and rarely straight — seemed less made by centuries of pilgrim feet and more by the trace of some careless demon’s claw. It was, in fact, perfect. Emily C.A. Snyder
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[On Jane Austen] She was fully possessed of the idealism which is a necessary ingredient of the great satirist. If she criticized the institutions of earth, it was because she had very definite ideas regarding the institutions of heaven. Rebecca West