Catherine Morland
Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey, également connu en français sous le titre L'Abbaye de Northanger) est un roman de Jane Austen, publié posthumément en décembre 1817, mais rédigé dès 1798-1799 et alors intitulé Susan. L'oeuvre raille la vie mondaine de Bath, que Jane Austen avait connue lors d'un séjour en 1797, et parodie les romans gothiques fort appréciés à l'époque : son héroïne, la toute jeune Catherine Morland, qui ne rêve que de sombres aventures se déroulant dans de vieux châteaux ou des abbayes gothiques, croit qu'elle pourra en vivre une lorsqu'elle est invitée à séjourner à l'abbaye de Northanger. Une idylle s'y développe entre elle et Henry Tilney, le fils cadet du propriétaire des lieux. La confrontation de ses idées romanesques à la réalité, ainsi que ses discussions avec Henry Tilney et Eleanor, la soeur de ce dernier, font sortir peu à peu Catherine Morland de l'adolescence, au travers d'un parcours initiatique qui fait de L'Abbaye de Northanger un roman d'apprentissage. Au-delà des caractéristiques stylistiques de l'écriture de Jane Austen et de l'aspect parodique de l'ouvrage, ce dernier, tout en critiquant l'influence des romans gothiques sur l'imagination fertile des jeunes filles, constitue une ardente défense des romans en général, qui étaient à l'époque principalement écrits par des femmes et considérés comme un genre littéraire de second ordre.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are implicit critiques of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of social commentary, realism, wit, and irony have earned her acclaim amongst critics and scholars.
Austen wrote major novels before the age of 22, but she was not published until she was 35. The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815) were moderate successes, but they did not bring her public fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but it was left unfinished on her death. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869 her nephew published A Memoir of Jane Austen. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies.
Her novels have been frequently adapted into film and television. Notable film adaptations include Pride and Prejudice (1940), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Emma (1996), Mansfield Park (1999), Bride and Prejudice (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Love & Friendship (2016), and Emma (2020). Notable television adaptations include Persuasion (1995), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Northanger Abbey (2007), Persuasion (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Emma (2009), and Sanditon (2019–2023).
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