Study on Satire in Northanger Abbey

摘要

Referring to the English literature, nobody can escape the name of Jane Austen, the greatest female writer in the nine⁃teenth century, whose world-famous works have become a household name, such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. The everlasting charm, which has penetrated through her classics, fascinates readers from generation to generation. In this paper, I mainly focus on her Northanger Abbey, analyzing the use of satire in it, hoping to reveal some of her wits.