Character adaptation in Val McDermid¿s retelling of Jane Austen¿s 'Northanger Abbey'

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (DEL), Veranstaltung: Adaptation and Appropriation, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ever since their publication between the years of 1811 and 1817, Jane Austen's novels, namely Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park and Persuasion, have never gone out of print. Her works are 'perennial favourites' (Carson xi) and, furthermore, there seems to be a huge demand for 'Austen novelties'. It does not come ...