Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey expresses the powerful narrative voice. The narrative voice he uses is different from that of other novels. Most authors try to hide their presence in their novels, but Jane Austen doesn't try to hide her presence. His presence in the novel is so clear. For example, “The advantages of natural madness in a beautiful girl have already been set forth by the capital pen of the sister author, and her treatment of the subject I will only add” (Austen 81). Try not to mislead the reader while reading the novel. Instead it informs the reader that the book itself is just a novel. His goal is not to convince the reader and correct his story, but to understand the imperfection of language because language does not always tell the truth or enough of the truth. In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Austen portrays her heroine, Catherine, as an innocent young woman. girl who can't understand the language. He's too young to not understand that the words could have a different meaning. Catherine constantly misjudges the people around her. He can't figure out what ...