Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Two sisters of opposite temperaments look for love after their father dies and leaves the family with much less money.
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Pride and Prejudice is a witty novel of manners about love, money and first impressions among the English gentry. These six books carry on its romance, or take its themes into other times and tones.
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Emma
Jane Austen
A wealthy young woman who loves matchmaking keeps misreading the people around her, in a sparkling comedy of manners.
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Years after being talked out of an engagement, Anne Elliot meets the man again, now a naval captain, in a more mature and lyrical Austen.
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
A clergyman's daughter moves to a northern mill town and clashes with the mill owner, in a romance wrapped in class conflict.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
An orphan becomes a governess and falls for her brooding employer, in a darker, gothic romance told in her own voice.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
A single thirty-something in London keeps a diary of love and mishaps, in a comic story loosely based on Austen's novel.
How to choose
Pick by the part of Pride and Prejudice you enjoyed most. For the same sparkle and irony, read Emma or Sense and Sensibility; Emma leans more toward comedy, Sense and Sensibility toward the heart. Persuasion is quieter and more grown-up, and a good choice if you like a second chance at love. North and South keeps the romance but adds the politics of industrial England, so it suits readers who want more history. Jane Eyre is moodier and more intense, and its early chapters include harsh treatment of a child. For a modern, funny take, Bridget Jones's Diary is the quickest read. Austen's novels are standalone, so you can read them in any order.
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