tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post5136087576271208815..comments2024-03-28T14:20:08.699-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: In defense of... the Free-for-All discussionMistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-55951621498695915972012-09-01T00:19:01.812-04:002012-09-01T00:19:01.812-04:00Try reading The Mysteries of Udolpho and you will ...Try reading The Mysteries of Udolpho and you will appreciate Northanger Abbey a lot more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-3041377219204583852012-09-01T00:19:00.224-04:002012-09-01T00:19:00.224-04:00Try reading The Mysteries of Udolpho and you will ...Try reading The Mysteries of Udolpho and you will appreciate Northanger Abbey a lot more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-38276473607882275282012-08-31T15:29:07.172-04:002012-08-31T15:29:07.172-04:00I missed the satire of all things Gothic the first...I missed the satire of all things Gothic the first time I read Northanger Abbey, and since that's what the humor hinges on I thought the book was boring. With those elements removed it's doesn't have much of a plot or much tension. Catherine and Tilney's spat only breaks them apart for a few pages so there's not the excitement of the long separation present in Austen's other novels. <br /><br />I think that's why many don't like Northanger Abbey; they're just missing the whole satiric point.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793766176722870142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-30140653205553172142012-08-31T09:01:35.427-04:002012-08-31T09:01:35.427-04:00I would like to defend Fanny Price! She has been c...I would like to defend Fanny Price! She has been called insipid and a prig and I do not think she is either of those things. You may not agree with her morals, but she sticks to them and refuses to back down. Fanny has a backbone of steel! Yes, she is weak and has low confidence in the beginning. But who can blame her? She wasn’t brought up in good conditions and then was taken away from her family at a young age. And Mrs. Norris has pretty much made her life hell. She has a strong set of morals in spite of this. She is able to see through the outwardly charming but inwardly ugly Crawfords (who even fool Edmund!) and will not back down in her refusal to marry Henry. This means so much more coming from her than it would from an outspoken girl, like Elizabeth Bennet. It took a lot more courage for the timid Fanny to stand up for herself and say no to Henry than for Lizzy, who always speaks her mind, to refuse Mr. Collins or Darcy, that’s for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com