Northanger Abbey was written in 1797-98 under a different title. The manuscript was revised around 1803 and sold to a London publisher, Crosbie & Co., who sold it back in 1816. The Signet Classic text is based on the first edition, published by John Murray, London, in 1818- the year following Miss Austen’s death. Spelling and punctuation have been largely brought into conformity with modern British usage.
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Chicago: Jane Austen, "A Note on the Text," Northanger Abbey Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3B86A3UALZBVEK.
MLA: Austen, Jane. "A Note on the Text." Northanger Abbey, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3B86A3UALZBVEK.
Harvard: Austen, J, 'A Note on the Text' in Northanger Abbey. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3B86A3UALZBVEK.