Northanger Abbey # 1, Written by Nancy Butler: Marvel Comics GiveAway!!

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Jane Austen Today is giving away a copy of the first edition of Marvel Comics' Northanger Abbey!!

All you need to do is leave a comment about why you like comics and how long you have been reading them. (I started with Archie and Blondie, which tells you, ahem, how old I am!!)

Marvel Comics sent this description:

Marvel Introduces Jane Austen’s NORTHANGER ABBEY

Seventeen year old Catherine Morland craves the romantic life of a storybook heroine and when she finally has the chance to visit Bath – she’s convinced she’ll find the hero of her dreams. Join New York Times best-selling writer Nancy Butler (Sense & Sensibility, Emma) and Eisner Award winning artist Janet K. Lee (Return of The Dapper Men) as they bring to life one of Jane Austen’s most regarded stories like you’ve never seen before, Northanger Abbey #1! When the inexperienced Catherine falls prey to a conniving sister and brother, she’ll have to rely on her common sense to recuse her before her bad decisions keep her single. Does a storybook romance await our troubled heroine? Find out in Northanger Abbey #1, on sale today!

NORTHANGER ABBEY #1
Written by NANCY BUTLER
Art by JANET K. LEE
Cover by JULIAN TEDESCO TOTINO

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Click here to read our previous post on the subject!

Giveaway contest is over the day that my Northanger Abbey Marvel Comic arrives in my mail box!!

Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) Goes Modern

Gemtle Readers, We fell in love with Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland in 2007s Northanger Abbey. Only 23 when she made the film, we believed her performance as the very young, innocent Catherine. Now 27, look how beautiful and sophisticated she looks in modern garb:

Felicity in Proenza Schouler, Spring 2012 Collection
at the Motion Picture and Television Fund, Fall 2011

Felicity and Jessica Brown Findlay from Downton Abbey
in a fashion shoot

Modern Felicity vs. old-fashioned Felicity deserve a comparison: One is fetchingly innocent maid, while the other is a modern woman about town.

Felicity in Northanger Abbey, 2007

Felicity plays Anna in Like Crazy. Here is an NPR review of her latest film.

Jane Austen Henry Tilney/Catherine Morland Throwdown

How many years apart are Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey?

How Many Years are Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland Apart?
	Six
	Ten
	Four
	Five
	Eight
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Jane Austen Character Throwdown

Three characters in Jane Austen's novels are seventeen when their stories begin: Marianne Dashwood, Kitty Bennet, and Catherine Morland. In your estimation, which of the three girls will grow into the sort of mature woman you would like to befriend?

Kitty Bennet, at age 17, follows her younger sister, Lydia, who at 15 is flighty and silly and dangerously reckless. After Lydia runs off with Wickham, forcing a shotgun marriage, the Bennets oversee Kitty's upbringing more closely. After Jane and Elizabeth marry, they teach Kitty better social graces and provide a world for her outside of Meryton.She eventually settles down and demonstrates a modicum of common sense.

Catherine Morland prefers to roll down hillsides rather than pursue the ladylike activities of sewing, learning foreign languages, painting, or reading anything more strenuous than novels! Henry Tilney is charmed by her artless ignorance and enthusiastic preference for his company. Young as Catherine is, she is no dummy, seeing through General Tilney and John Thorpe. After the general banishes her from Northanger Abbey, she demonstrates a great deal of courage, integrity, and maturity.

Marianne Dashwood's uber romantic sensibilities blind her to Colonel Brandon's superior qualities and Willoughby's less than sterling ones. She not only survive love's disappointment but she slowly comes to the realization that her own behavior led her down the wrong path of romance. After her illness, she begins to open up to Colonel Brandon, and allows herself to fall in love with someone she has learned to esteem.

Which of these 17-year-old Jane Austen heroines will grow into the sort of woman you would like to befriend?
	Kitty Bennet, Pride and Prejudice
	Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey
	Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility
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Where Are They Now? Jane Austen Character Actors

The Daily Mail recently published an article that featured three Jane Austen character actors: Colin Firth, Jemima Rooper, and Felicity Jones. Click here to read it.

Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy) and Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech

Jemima Rooper, Amanda Price in Lost in Austen, now in Me and My Girl

Felicity Jones (Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey) as Luise Miller, a woman in love with a prince.

Images from the Daily Mail