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Jane Austen

Born

in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England

December 16, 1775

Died

July 18, 1817

Website

http://www.janeausten.org/

Genre

Fiction, Romance, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Frances Burney, Mary Brunton, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Mari ...more

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Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but br ...more

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	Pride and Prejudice 4.30 avg rating — 4,871,597 ratings — published 1813 — 17448 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,308,936 ratings — published 1811 — 7609 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma 4.05 avg rating — 995,801 ratings — published 1815 — 8409 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 787,716 ratings — published 1817 — 7970 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 459,840 ratings — published 1817 — 6220 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 383,041 ratings — published 1814 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan 3.66 avg rating — 54,038 ratings — published 1871 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Novels 4.57 avg rating — 34,081 ratings — published 1981 — 258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan / The Watsons / Sanditon by Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 14,128 ratings — published 1817 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Freindship 3.52 avg rating — 9,905 ratings — published 1787 — 1059 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1818, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 273 pages

25 votes, 14.7%

1860, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages

23 votes, 13.5%

1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 180 pages

20 votes, 11.8%

1953, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 227 pages

15 votes, 8.8%

1847, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, 507 pages

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1929, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, 355 pages

13 votes, 7.6%

1847, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages

12 votes, 7.1%

1935, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages

12 votes, 7.1%

1897, Dracula by Bram Stoker, 488 pages

11 votes, 6.5%

1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 277 pages

10 votes, 5.9%

1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, 231 pages

6 votes, 3.5%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

6 votes, 3.5%

1851, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville, 663 pages

4 votes, 2.4%

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