Northanger Abbey British publication, "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book", by John Newbery, as described in Origins of baseball. The modern game is not described, but the term is used. "Northanger Abbey" takes place in several settings, some of which are fictionalized, but many are actual locations in England, including London and Bath. The Jane Austen Society of Australia created a map of the characters' whereabouts, designating the several real, and fake, locations traveled to or mentioned within the novel. Jasper Fforde, in his "First Among Sequels", refers to "Northanger Abbey" as being under maintenance, and "should be ready on time as long as
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