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“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. ”
"A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but Morlands had little other right to the word."
"Such were her propensities — her abilities were quite as extraordinary. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then, for she was often inattentive, and occasionally stupid."
These lines are all from the first page of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. This was the first book she wrote, but it wasn't published until a year after her death in 1818. Unlike Pride and Prejudice there are only two movies connected to this book, both by PBS and here is the link to my detailed reviews for both of them and a short synopsis of the novel.
http://www.squidoo.com/northanger-abbey-movie
The Picture is believed to be Jane Austen by her own hand.
