"Catherine's understanding began to awake: an idea of the truth suddenly darted into her mind."
— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Murray
Date
1818
Metaphor
"Catherine's understanding began to awake: an idea of the truth suddenly darted into her mind."
Metaphor in Context
Catherine's understanding began to awake: an idea of the truth suddenly darted into her mind; and, with the natural blush of so new an emotion, she cried out, "Good heaven!---my dear Isabella, what do you mean? Can you---can you really be in love with James?"
(I, p. 290)
(I, p. 290)
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Reading
Citation
See Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. But the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield-Park," &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author. 4 vols. (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1818).
Reading Northanger Abbey, ed. Susan Fraiman (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004).
Reading Northanger Abbey, ed. Susan Fraiman (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004).
Date of Entry
09/02/2014
