Val to Rework Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey to be reworked by Val McDermid
Austen’s early novel is to be reimagined by the bestselling crime author for a modern audience, as a suspense-filled teen thriller
Val McDermid is to bring a “frisson of fear” to Jane Austen‘s least-read book, Northanger Abbey, after being signed to write a contemporary reworking of the gothic novel parody.
McDermid is the third author to have been asked by HarperCollins to reimagine Austen for a modern audience: Joanna Trollope’s Sense and Sensibility is out next autumn, and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Pride and Prejudice the following year. “I was genuinely gobsmacked when I got the call,” said the award-winning Scottish crime writer. “I thought, me and Jane Austen? That’s such a fucking natural pairing. But I’m absolutely delighted by the idea.”
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