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- 1811: Sense and Sensibility. What It’s About: Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwoods, sisters Elinor and Marianne, and their romantic endeavors.
- 1813: Pride and Prejudice. What It’s About: The renowned novel Pride and Prejudice tells the story of the Bennet family, consisting of five daughters whom Mrs. Bennet is anxious to see married off.
- 1814: Mansfield Park. What It’s About: Mansfield Park tells the story of Fanny Price, a young woman whose family sent her to live with her wealthy (and unkind) aunt and uncle when she was just a child.
- 1816: Emma. What It’s About: Austen’s fourth published novel tells the story the young, spoiled and lively Emma Woodhouse, who sometimes plays matchmaker in her small, fictional village and enjoys meddling in the lives of others, but she means well.
- Pride and Prejudice
- Persuasion
- Emma
- Sense and Sensibility
- Mansfield Park
- Northanger Abbey
Pride and Prejudice is, without a doubt, Jane Austen’s best-known novel. The book was published in January of 1813 and takes place a year prior in 1812 in Hertfordshire and Derbyshire. Jane Austen focuses on her protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. It is well-loved for its light-hearted, yet still emotional, depiction of relationships in the 19th century...
Persuasion was Jane Austen’s last completed novel. It was published posthumously in 1817, six months after her death. The novel focuses on Anne Eliot, a twenty-seven-year-old English woman whose family starts renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. In a twist of fate, Anne was once engaged to the wife’s brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, ...
Emma makes use of many themes familiar to lovers of Jane Austen’s writing. These include youth and romance. The novel is set in Highbury and Randalls and Downwell Abbey. It, like Pride and Prejudice, is considered a novel of manners. (A fiction novel that re-creates another time, accurately conveying the customs and values of the society.) Austen e...
Sense and Sensibility was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811. All the cover revealed at the time was that it was written “By a Lady.” The novel is set in London and Sussex between 1792 and 1797. It follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, (as well as their mother, younger sister, and brother) as they move away from the home th...
Mansfield Park follows Fanny Price, who at ten years old is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at Mansfield Park due to her family’s financial problems. She forms a close relationship with one of her cousins, Edmund, for whom she starts to have feelings. Fanny’s Aunt Norris frequently visits the house to berate Fanny, becoming crueler over time. ...
Northanger Abbey is considered to be a coming-of-age novel, as well as a satire of Gothic novels. It was completed in 1803 but was not published until after her death. It was accompanied by Persuasion. The story follows Catherine Moreland, a young woman who, over the course of the novel, comes to understand the world and herself better. She’s one o...
* These works were published posthumously (after death). ** This work was left unfinished at the time of the author's death. Based on our statistics, the order of popularity (from most to least) for the novels in modern times is as follows: Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park.
Apr 2, 2024 · Persuasion, novel by Jane Austen, published posthumously in 1817. Unlike her novel Northanger Abbey , with which it was published, Persuasion (written 1815–16) is a work of Austen’s maturity. Like Mansfield Park and Emma , it contains subdued satire and develops the comedy of character and manners .
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Originally published posthumously in 1925 under the title Fragments of a Novel, Sanditon is Jane Austen’s unfinished last novel. Austen was ill when she began the novel in January 1817, and she stopped working on it in March of the same year as her illness progressed.
Jul 26, 2022 · A coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels, Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, meaning it was the first of Austen’s novels to be completed in full. However, like Persuasion, the novel was published posthumously, in 1817. The story revolves around Catherine Morland, a naïve young protagonist who embarks on a journey to better ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Published posthumously just like Northanger Abbey, Persuasion is the last full novel in Austen’s list of works—and so widely believed to be her most mature both when it comes to writing ...
