Setting

Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Volume 1, Chapter 2
Explanation and Analysis:

Northanger Abbey has two main settings. The first part of the novel takes place in Bath, England. In Volume 1, Chapter 2, the narrator describes Catherine's arrival in Bath: 

They arrived at Bath. Catherine was all eager delight;—her eyes were here, there, every where, as they approached its fine and striking environs, and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. She was come to be happy, and she felt happy already. They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney-street.

Volume 2, Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis:

Northanger Abbey has two main settings. The first part of the novel takes place in Bath, England. In Volume 1, Chapter 2, the narrator describes Catherine's arrival in Bath: 

They arrived at Bath. Catherine was all eager delight;—her eyes were here, there, every where, as they approached its fine and striking environs, and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. She was come to be happy, and she felt happy already. They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney-street.

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