What is the best Jane Austen novel?

Six finished novels and one wicked little novella, each with readers who would defend it at a dinner party. Sparkling wit sits beside quiet heartbreak here.

1. 1
   Pride and Prejudice

   Austen's 1813 comedy of manners following Elizabeth Bennet's sparring romance with the proud Mr. Darcy.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Persuasion

   Austen's final completed novel, published in 1817, about Anne Elliot's second chance with Captain Wentworth.
   624pts
3. 3
   Lady Susan

   A short epistolary novel about a scheming, charming widow, published posthumously in 1871.
   486pts
4. 4
   Sense and Sensibility

   Austen's 1811 debut novel contrasting the sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in love and loss.
   411pts
5. 5
   Northanger Abbey

   A playful 1817 parody of Gothic fiction starring the imaginative young reader Catherine Morland.
   221pts
6. 6
   Mansfield Park

   An 1814 novel following the quiet, principled Fanny Price among her wealthy Bertram relatives.
   221pts
7. 7
   Emma

   An 1815 novel about a well-meaning but meddling matchmaker in the village of Highbury.
   0pts

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