The Orphan of the Rhine The Orphan of the Rhine The Orphan of the Rhine was a gothic novel by Eleanor Sleath, listed as one of the seven "horrid novels" by Jane Austen in her novel "Northanger Abbey". Subtitled "A Romance" it was published in four volumes the sensationalist Minerva Press in 1798. It was part of a brief but popular vogue of German tales, a fashion criticized in the "Critical Review" of June 1807 "So great is the rage for German tales, and German novels, that a cargo is no sooner imported than the booksellers' shops are filled with a multitude of translators, who
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