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Pride and Prejudice 1 33.33%
Pride and Prejudice
1 33.33%
Sense and Sensibility 0 0%
Sense and Sensibility
0 0%
Emma 2 66.67%
Emma
2 66.67%
Mansfield Park 0 0%
Mansfield Park
0 0%
Persuasion 0 0%
Persuasion
0 0%
Northanger Abbey 0 0%
Northanger Abbey
0 0%
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Default Favourite Jane Austen novel?
I have been on an Austen binge recently and have torn right through her entire collection back to back. I'd read Pride and Prejudice ages ago but after reading Persuasion recently I was quite hooked so just kept reading them and then just finished a re-read of P&P.

They're all fantastic but Emma is my favourite I think. Love how flawed the heroine is and all the drama and gossip of village life. Has some of the most amusing characters as well with Mr Woodhouse and Miss Bates

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Also very up for TV and movie adaptation rankings. I love the Emma film from 2020 and the BBC series is very good too. The Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet is quite strong but it leaves out a lot.

I'm currently watching the P&P BBC series with Colin Firth
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