«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 anhliys′koyi pys′mennytsi Dzheyn Ostin (1775–1817), napysanyy u modnomu na toy chas hotychnomu styli z prytamannoyu avtortsi ironiyeyu. Simnadtsyatyrichna Ketrin Morland zachoplena romantykoyu «hotychnych romaniv» i chasto uyavlyaye sebe heroyineyu takych tvoriv. Vidpochyvayuchy na kurorti, kudy yiyi zaprosyly bahati druzi, Ketrin znayomyt′sya z Henri Tilni i zakochuyet′sya v n′oho. Rodynnyy mayetok Henri — Nortengers′ke abatstvo — napovnyuye yiyi rozum zhachlyvymy pidozramy. Zamkneni kimnaty, tayemnychi skryni, zahadkovi notatky stvoryuyut′ temnu hotychnu atmosferu v dushi divchyny. CHy mozhe vona doviryaty Henri, chy vin — chastyna zmovy? Ketrin shukaye tayemnytsi u zvychaynych podiyach, poky Henri ne perekonuye yiyi pobachyty nebezpeku v plutanni zhyttya z literaturoyu.
