A fantastic full set of vintage The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels! Published by The Folio Press, London 1968, thus first edition. The books are in near fine condition with original black cloth binding and stained black to fore edges. The slip case has wear. There is a split and separation on the top right corner and overall wear. Can be repaired and is still holding the books properly.
The seven horrid novels that Isabella Thorpe recommended to Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's classic Northanger Abbey. After Northanger Abbey was published in 1818, these novels became so rare that until they were rediscovered by Michael Sadleir and Montague Summers in the 1920s and 1930s, many scholars and critics believed the books had never existed and that Austen had simply made the titles up.
Excerpt from Northanger Abbey;
I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocket-book.
Castle of Wolfenbach, Clermont, Mysterious Warnings, Necromancer of the Black Forest, Midnight Bell, Orphan of the Rhine, and Horrid Mysteries. Those will last us some time.”
Measures 10 x 8 x 8
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