The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance Read online

  CHAPTER VII - SATIRES ON THE NOVEL OF TERROR.

  Jane Austen's raillery in _Northanger Abbey_; Barrett's mockeryin _The Heroine_; Peacock's _Nightmare Abbey_; his praise of C.B.Brown in _Gryll Grange_; _The Mystery of the Abbey_, and itsmisleading title; Crabbe's satire in _Belinda Waters_ and _ThePreceptor Husband_; his ironical attack on the sentimentalheroine in _The Borough_; his appreciation of folktales; _SirEustace Grey_. Pp.128-144.