Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 21:17     Subject: Re:Favorite Jane Austen?
I just finished the Jane Austen Book Club and there is so much discussion about this! Did anyone else read that?

I would start with Pride & Prejudice and see what you think.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 19:26     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Persuasion
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 19:22     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Anonymous wrote:Fanny Price from Mansfield Park is my least favorite Austen heroine.


She IS rather a pill.
Pride and Prejudice is my absolute favorite.
Northanger Abbey is a fun send-up of gothic novels. Persuasion has the most sympathetic heroine.

PP who asked if she really needed to read any Austen: I would say yes.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 18:56     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Fanny Price from Mansfield Park is my least favorite Austen heroine.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 18:07     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Anonymous wrote:pride and prejudice and not just because it’s the most popular one. I’ve read them all multiple times and that’s the best one.

Do you think you’d have better luck with an audiobook? I think Austen works surprisingly well read aloud.


Agree with all of the above.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:47     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Not Mansfield Park. I use it to put myself to sleep. Better than Ambien.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:47     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
I read P&P when I was 11. I didn't have to read it for school, my mother gave it to me and I loved it. The others are ok, I quite like Mansfield Park for the spoof gothic elements.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:44     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
If I’m 43 and never read a Jane Austen book but consider myself a reader, do I need to read one? I’m not sure if I should force myself to read one over the holiday break or just stick with a good non-fiction or historical fiction.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:39     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Persuasion is a little shorter, I think. But Pride and Prejudice has the most intriguing plot.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:34     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
pride and prejudice and not just because it’s the most popular one. I’ve read them all multiple times and that’s the best one.

Do you think you’d have better luck with an audiobook? I think Austen works surprisingly well read aloud.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 17:29     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Sense and sensibility!!!!!
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 16:55     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Persuasion. It's also the best movie adaptation.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 16:51     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
pride and prejudice
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 16:50     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
Persuasion. But I also love Pride and Prejudice. I re-read all of her books every few years.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 16:44     Subject: Favorite Jane Austen?
I read a ton but it’s mostly non-fiction. I’ve taken a few runs at Jane Austen and enjoyed them as far as I got but I don’t think I’ve actually ever finished one, which is an embarrassing thing to admit.

Which Jane Austen is your favorite?