Beschreibung
«Northanger Abbey» is a novel by the English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817), written in the Gothic style fashionable at the time with irony characteristic of the author. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is fascinated by the romance of «gothic novels» and often imagines herself as the heroine of such works. While vacationing at a resort where she was invited by rich friends, Catherine meets Henry Tilney and falls in love with him. Henry’s family estate — Northanger Abbey — fills her mind with terrible suspicions. Locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes create adark gothic atmosphere in the girl’s soul. Can she trust Henry, or is he part of a conspiracy? Catherine looks for secrets in ordinary events until Henry convinces her to see the danger in confusing life with literature.
«Nortengers′ke abatstvo» — roman anhlijs′koï pys′mennyci Džejn Ostin (1775–1817), napysanyj u modnomu na toj čas hotyčnomu styli z prytamannoju avtorci ironijeju. Simnadcjatyrična Ketrin Morland zachoplena romantykoju «hotyčnych romaniv» i často ujavljaje sebe heroïneju takych tvoriv. Vidpočyvajučy na kurorti, kudy ïï zaprosyly bahati druzi, Ketrin znajomyt′sja z Henri Tilni i zakochujet′sja v n′oho. Rodynnyj majetok Henri — Nortengers′ke abatstvo — napovnjuje ïï rozum žachlyvymy pidozramy. Zamkneni kimnaty, tajemnyči skryni, zahadkovi notatky stvorjujut′ temnu hotyčnu atmosferu v duši divčyny. Čy može vona dovirjaty Henri, čy vin — častyna zmovy? Ketrin šukaje tajemnyci u zvyčajnych podijach, poky Henri ne perekonuje ïï pobačyty nebezpeku v plutanni žyttja z literaturoju.
