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Emma Woodhouse is rich, clever, and sure she knows who should marry whom, but she keeps getting it wrong. Emma is a warm comedy about meddling in other people's love lives.

Jane Austen published this in 1815, calling Emma a heroine "no one but myself will much like." She was wrong, because readers have loved Emma for over two hundred years.

A charming widow manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants. Lady Susan is told through letters, and the main character is someone you love to dislike.

Jane Austen wrote this early in her career, and the wit is already sharp. It's a short, fun read with a villain you can't help but admire.

A quiet, poor girl moves in with her rich relatives and tries to find her place among them. Mansfield Park is about doing right even when everyone around you takes the easy path.

Jane Austen created Fanny Price as a heroine who watches more than she speaks. Her steady kindness stands out in a house full of charm and selfishness.

A young woman who reads too many gothic novels visits a spooky old house and lets her imagination run wild. Northanger Abbey is Jane Austen's funny take on what happens when fiction mixes with real life.

Jane Austen wrote this as one of her first novels, and it shows her sharp wit at its playful best. If you love books that laugh at other books, you will enjoy this one.

A woman gets a second chance at love with the man she turned down years ago. Persuasion is a quiet, warm story about patience, regret, and love that refuses to die.

Jane Austen wrote this as her last completed novel, and many readers call it her most personal and tender work. If you have ever wished for a second chance, you will feel this one deeply.

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy cannot stand each other at first. Pride and Prejudice is the story of how two stubborn people learn to see past their own mistakes.

Jane Austen published this in 1813, and it remains one of the most loved love stories ever written. The wit is sharp, the romance is real, and the characters feel alive.

A young woman visits a new seaside resort town filled with ambitious dreamers and funny locals. Sanditon is Jane Austen's last, unfinished novel, and her wit shines through every page she completed.

Jane Austen was working on this when she died in 1817. Even unfinished, it is a fascinating look at where Austen's writing was heading.

Two sisters handle heartbreak in opposite ways, one with cool reason and the other with open emotion. Sense and Sensibility asks which approach to love and life works better.

Jane Austen published this as her first novel in 1811. It is funny, moving, and full of characters that feel like people you know.

A young woman returns to her family after years away and must navigate love and social life with very little money. The Watsons is an unfinished novel that still shows Jane Austen at her sharp, witty best.

Jane Austen never completed this story, but the chapters she left are full of charm. If you enjoy her other novels, this short piece gives you one more taste of her world.