Northanger Abbey for it. There is evidence that Austen further revised the novel in 1816-1817 with the intention of having it published. Austen rewrote sections, renaming the main character Catherine and using that as her working title. After her death, Austen's brother Henry gave the novel its final name and arranged for publication of "Northanger Abbey" in late December 1817 (1818 given on the title page), as the first two volumes of a four-volume set, with a preface for the first time publicly identifying Jane Austen as the author of all her novels. Neither "Northanger Abbey" nor "Persuasion" was published under the
Northanger Abbey (2007 film) say "Northanger Abbey" was made to be a television movie and commented that it was more fun than the book. The "San Francisco Chronicle's" David Wiegand wrote ""Persuasion" is a bigger challenge to try to squeeze into 90 minutes, the real difference between that film and "Northanger" is the latter's consistency of high-quality performances, a careful and attentive adaptation by Andrew Davies and solid direction by Jon Jones." Writing for "The Daily Telegraph", James Walton observed ""Northanger Abbey" was a perfectly acceptable costume drama – but not one that ever really caught fire." Simon Hoggart, writing for "The Spectator", commented