It was one of her first works, so she was trying different styles. On the other hand, Gothic novels are central to the book's plot, that is why this type of literature is quoted frequently. I do not think Austen appreciated it: it must have had too much exaggeration, too much feeling and drama for a woman of her principles and taste (so she indirectly ironised both her heroine and her beloved Gothic literature).
Jane Austen wrote the novel but it was published after her death by her brother Henry Austen
Jane Austen wrote six novels in total. The other five are Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published in 1818, the year after Austen's death.
Northanger Abbey.
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a parody of "Gothic" novels in general, and in particular "The Mysteries of Udolpho" by Ann Radcliffe.
Northanger Abbey.
Jane Austen authored Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice , Mansfield Park , Emma , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion .
No, Northanger Abbey is fictional.
Northanger Abbey was created in 1817-12.
Yes, definitely. Northanger Abbey is full of allusion to gothic novels, satirizes their scenery, their characters, and the plots. It is explicitly related to The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radclyffe.
When Jane Austen started writing Northanger Abbey, she called the book Susan. She revised the book some time after she first wrote it, and rights to it were purchased by a publisher, still under the name Susan, in 1803. It remained unpublished, and the rights were repurchased by Austen's brother in 1816. It was published in 1817, after Austen died, and the title under which it was published seems to have been one her brother chose.
That would be the wonderful Jane Austen, who also wrote Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
There ar no gothic characters in Emma, maybe you are thinking of Northanger Abbey??