... " Bianca, Ellena's auntie also tries to confirm Ellena's security and befriends Vivaldi. She is not, and has never been either innocent or a harlot. She is normal, a decent woman. Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" is an acute satire of the Gothic style of writing and so, with satire one would expect all prominent features to be amplified to prove a point, however, throughout this novel ... when many different types of figures can be clearly found throughout the genre. Bibliography "The Monk" Matthew Lewis (Oxford World Classics) "The Italian" Ann Radcliffe (Penguin) "Dracula" Bram Stoker ...

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... be a coincidence either that the title is what it is, many Gothic novels (and those inspired by) were titled with the names of houses, places, think The Castle of Otranto, Northanger Abbey and Wuthering Heights, to name just a few. Setting, in these types of novels, is integral to the story, and the same goes for Bleak House, which is why this opening ... ...

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