The Annotated Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

  Beauty and Fashion

  Ashelford, Jane, The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society, 1500–1914 (New York, 1996)

  Bradfield, Nancy, Costume in Detail, 1730–1930 (New York, 1981)

  Buck, Anne, Dress in Eighteenth-Century England (London, 1979)

  Byrde, Penelope, A Frivolous Distinction: Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen (Bristol, 1979)

  Clark, Fiona, Hats (London, 1982)

  Corson, Richard, Fashions in Hair: The First Five Thousand Years (New York, 1965)

  Cumming, Valerie, Gloves (London, 1982)

  Cunnington, C. Willett, and Phyllis Cunnington, A Handbook of English Costume in the Eighteenth Century (Boston, 1972)

  Downing, Sarah Jane, Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen (Oxford, 2010)

  Ewing, Elizabeth, Everyday Dress, 1650–1900 (London, 1984)

  Harris, Jennifer, ed., Textiles, 5,000 Years: An International History and Illustrated Survey (New York, 1993)

  Hart, Avril, and Susan North, Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail (London, 2009)

  Kraatz, Anne, Lace: History and Fashion (New York, 1989)

  Mackrell, Alice, Shawls, Stoles and Scarves (London, 1986)

  Pratt, Lucy, and Linda Woolley, Shoes (London, 1999)

  Ribeiro, Aileen, The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France, 1750 to 1820 (New Haven, 1995)

  ———, Dress and Morality (Oxford, 2003)

  ———, Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1715–1789 (New York, 1985)

  Scarisbrick, Diana, Jewellery in Britain, 1066–1837: A Documentary, Social, Literary, and Artistic Survey (Norwich, 1994)

  Swann, June, Shoes (London, 1982)

  Tozer, Jane, and Sarah Levitt, Fabric of Society: A Century of People and Their Clothes, 1770–1870 (Manchester, 1983)

  Wilcox, Claire, Bags (London, 1999)

  Food and Dining

  Black, Maggie, and Deirdre Le Faye, The Jane Austen Cookbook (Chicago, 1995)

  Burnett, John, Plenty and Want: A Social History of Diet in England from 1815 to the Present Day (London, 1979)

  Grigson, Jane, English Food (London, 1992)

  Hartley, Dorothy, Food in England (London, 1954)

  Hickman, Peggy, A Jane Austen Household Book, with Martha Lloyd’s Recipes (North Pomfret, VT, 1977)

  Lane, Maggie, Jane Austen and Food (London, 1995)

  Mennell, Stephen, All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present (Oxford, 1985)

  Palmer, Arnold, Movable Feasts (New York, 1952)

  Paston-Williams, Sara, The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking and Eating (London, 1993)

  Roberts, Jonathan, The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables (New York, 2001)

  Weinberg, Bennett Alan, and Bonnie K. Bealer, The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World’s Most Popular Drug (New York, 2001)

  Wilson, C. Anne, Food and Drink in Britain: From the Stone Age to Recent Times (London, 1973)

  Etiquette

  Banfield, Edwin, Visiting Cards and Cases (Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1989)

  Curtin, Michael, “A Question of Manners,” Journal of Modern History 57:3 (Sept. 1985), pp. 396–423.

  Fritzer, Penelope Joan, Jane Austen and Eighteenth-Century Courtesy Books (Westport, CT, 1997)

  Morgan, Marjorie, Manners, Morals and Class in England, 1774–1858 (New York, 1994)

  Ross, Josephine, Jane Austen’s Guide to Good Manners (New York, 2006)

  Wildeblood, Joan, The Polite World: A Guide to the Deportment of the English in Former Times (London, 1973)

  Female Conduct Books

  Advice of a Mother to Her Daughter, by the Marchioness of Lambert; A Father’s Legacy to His Daughters, by Dr. Gregory; The Lady’s New Year’s Gift, or, Advice to a Daughter, by Lord Halifax, in Angelica’s Ladies Library (London, 1794)

  Burton, John, Lectures on Female Education and Manners (London, 1793; reprint ed., New York, 1970)

  Chapone, Hester, Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (Walpole, NH, 1802; originally published London, 1773)

  Gisborne, Thomas, An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex (London, 1796)

  Lady of Distinction, The Mirror of the Graces; or, The English Lady’s Costume (London, 1811)

  Murry, Ann, Mentoria: or, the Young Ladies Instructor (London, 1785)

  Pennington, Sarah, An Unfortunate Mother’s Advice to Her Absent Daughters (London, 1770)

  Trusler, John, Principles of Politeness, and of Knowing the World, in Two Parts (London, 1800)

  Gentleman and Clubs

  Carter, Philip, Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660–1800 (Harlow, Essex, 2001)

  Castronovo, David, The English Gentleman: Images and Ideals in Literature and Society (New York, 1987)

  Clark, Peter, British Clubs and Societies, 1580–1800: The Origins of an Associational World (Oxford, 2000)

  Maps

  York: Distant northern city; where John Thorpe says he could drive his horse and carriage, and return, without losing a nail.

  Leicestershire: Leading fox hunting county where Thorpe intends to hunt.

  Hereford: Town near to which resides the friend that General Tilney visits, after driving Catherine from Northanger.

  Gloucestershire: County where the Tilneys reside.

  Petty France: Town that is the halfway point between Bath and the Tilneys’ residence of Northanger.

  Tetbury: Town where James Morland and John Thorpe spend the night on their journey from Oxford to Bath.

  Oxford: Where James Morland and John Thorpe are attending university.

  Bristol: City near Bath that represents a convenient destination for an outing.

  Bath: Spa and resort town where much of the novel is set.

  Devizes: Town where John Thorpe is to stop on his way from Bath to London.

  Wiltshire: County in which Catherine Morland lives.

  Salisbury: Principal town in Wiltshire; Fullerton, the home village of Catherine Morland, is nine miles from Salisbury.

  Richmond: Wealthy and fashionable suburb of London that Isabella Thorpe would like to reside in after her marriage.

  Putney: Residence of the Thorpes.

  Tunbridge Wells: Fashionable spa town that Isabella has visited.

  Bristol, Gloucestershire, Petty France, Bath, Wiltshire: See previous page.

  Kings Weston: Grand country house that Thorpe talks of visiting.

  Blaise Castle: Imitation castle that Thorpe also talks of seeing.

  Clifton: Spa town that several characters visit.

  Keynsham: Principal town on the road between Bath and Bristol.

  Wick Rocks: Popular beauty spot where Thorpe says he heard that the Tilneys are going.

  Market Place, Lower Assembly Rooms, Bath Theatre: See next page.

  Bath Street: Shopping street where Isabella says she tried to avoid being seen by Captain Tilney.

  Cheap Street: Main street where Catherine and Isabella run into James Morland and John Thorpe.

  Union Passage: Where Catherine and Isabella are heading when they run into James Morland and John Thorpe.

  Archway: Exit from Pump Yard opposite Union Passage.

  White Hart: Principal inn where John Thorpe leaves his horses and carriage after arriving.

  Pump Room: Popular social venue where Bath waters are drunk.

  Pump Yard/Church Yard: Large open area through which Catherine passes more than once.

  Lansdown Hill: Where Thorpe promises to drive Catherine.

  Lansdown Road: Where Thorpe says he saw Tilneys proceeding.

  Walcot Church: What John Thorpe and James Morland pass on their way into Bath.

  Royal Crescent: Leading landmark of Bath, and where people congregate after church on Sunday.

  Brock Street: Where the Tilneys pass through on their way home from the Royal Crescent.

  Upper Assembly Rooms: Where Catherine attends her first ball in Bath.

  Edgar’s
Buildings: Where the Thorpes reside.

  Milsom Street: Fashionable shopping and residential street where the Tilneys stay while they are in Bath.

  Broad Street: Where Thorpes pass through on their way to picking up Catherine.

  Bond Street: Popular shopping street where Catherine overtakes one of Isabella’s sisters.

  Argyle Buildings: Where Catherine sees the Tilneys as she is driving with Thorpe.

  Laura Place: Square through which Catherine passes on a drive with Thorpe.

  Pulteney Street: Where Catherine and the Allens stay while in Bath.

  Bath Theatre: Where Catherine apologizes to Henry Tilney.

  Market Place: Where Mrs. Allen says there is almost no veal to be had.

  Claverton Down: Where Catherine goes for a drive with Thorpe.

  Pump Room: See previous page.

  Lower Assembly Rooms: Where Catherine meets Henry Tilney.

  Beechen Cliff: Steep hill where Catherine and the Tilneys walk.

  The Annotated

  NORTHANGER ABBEY

  Annotated and Edited by

  DAVID M. SHAPARD

  David M. Shapard is the author of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, The Annotated Persuasion, The Annotated Sense and Sensibility, and The Annotated Emma. He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.

  ALSO BY DAVID M. SHAPARD

  The Annotated Pride and Prejudice

  The Annotated Persuasion

  The Annotated Sense and Sensibility

  The Annotated Emma

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