Abstract
In Chapter Five of Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen presents her readers with an introspective scene of reading. Anticipating the critical disapproval of novels common in her day, Austen depicts her heroine, Catherine Morland-whose main quandary seems to be that she reads too much-reading novels. Catherine's act of reading prompts an ironic aside from Austen, who defends her craft against those who would attack it as an irresponsible way to squander one's time. Stepping out of her plot momentarily, Austen declares:
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