How many members of this Forum have read Jane Austen?

[Celine Field]

How many members of this forum have read Jane Austen's novels? I have read four of her works. The order in which I have read them was: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Predjudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. And right now I am reading Persuasion with my younger sister. She hasn't read any of Austen's work, so I have decided to introduce them to her, by us reading them together outloud. I am not sure if the order, in which I have read her works, is the actual order in which she wrote them. If the order, in which I have read her novels,(up above) is not the order in which she herself wrote them, then could anyone, who knows the correct order, please inform me.
Have any of the members read Austen's short works-Juvenilia? If anyone has, which one of them was your favorite? I haven't actual read any of her short works, but I am asking this question in order to find out which one I should read first. If anyone has some good websites about Jane Austen, that they can reccomend me, please send me the information. If anyone has anything intresting to tell about Jane Austen's life and works, I am very intrested. just send me a message. God Bless.

[Bakiryu]

I've only read pride and prejudice and Emma, I'm afraid.

[thelastmelon]

I've read Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Lady Susan.
This is the list of the works by Jane Austen, according Wikipedia:

Novels:
* Sense and Sensibility (1811)
* Pride and Prejudice (1813)
* Mansfield Park (1814)
* Emma (1815)
* Persuasion (1817) (posthumous)
* Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous)

Unfinished works:
* Lady Susan
* The Watsons
* Sanditon

[Annamariah]

I've read Mansfield Park (twice), Pride and Prejudice (several times), Persuasion, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan and Sense and Sensibility.

(I've also watched Pride and Prejudice BBC-series and the 2004 movie (several times) and seen movie versions of Persuasion, Emma, Sense and Sensibility (twice) and Northanger Abbey :D)

I've also read some of her short stories (or short letter novels) and The Watsons, which was finished by someone else. I've also got Sanditon on my bookshelf (another one finished by someone else), but I haven't had time to read it yet.

(What do you mean I'm an Austen fan? :lol:)

[superunknown]

Nope and I don't really intend on it. I'm afraid I can't really be bothered with Victorian romantic novels, whether it be Austen or the Brontes. Not my thing.

[Niamh]

I've read Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Lady Susan.
This is the list of the works by Jane Austen, according Wikipedia:

Novels:
* Sense and Sensibility (1811)
* Pride and Prejudice (1813)
* Mansfield Park (1814)
* Emma (1815)
* Persuasion (1817) (posthumous)
* Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous)

Unfinished works:
* Lady Susan
* The Watsons
* Sanditon

yes but as far as i can recall, Northanger Abbey was the first one to be finished eventhough it was the last to be published. I think it had originally been rejected.

[LadyWentworth]

Yes, I seem to remember, also, it being the first story to be finished. Wasn't the length of time between completion and the actual printing almost 20 years apart? If I am correct, after Northanger Abbey was rejected it was later published along with Persuasion. I may be wrong on this fact, though. It seems awhile ago that I'd heard that.

[atduhe]

Austen was in the Romantic Era not the Victorian Era.

I have read Pride and Prejudie, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey so many times that I can quote multiple lines, and even paragraphs on cue. I am currently re-reading Northanger Abbey with my sister, to get her interested in the Austen books outside of the movies. Some adaptations are quite good, others are terrible.

The guy Austen originally sold Northanger Abbey to, under the title "Susan," left it sitting on his shelf for years. It was eventually bought back by her family, revised and published.

[Celine Field]

I've read Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Lady Susan.
This is the list of the works by Jane Austen, according Wikipedia:

Novels:
* Sense and Sensibility (1811)
* Pride and Prejudice (1813)
* Mansfield Park (1814)
* Emma (1815)
* Persuasion (1817) (posthumous)
* Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous)

Unfinished works:
* Lady Susan
* The Watsons
* Sanditon
thelastmelon,

Thank you for the information about Jane austen's books. What do you mean when you put posthumous after her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey?
I did not realize that lady Susan was an unfinished work. Are you sure about that? Which of her novels do you like best? I really Love Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. This book that you are currently reading, what is it about?(Norwegia by Haruki Murakami)

[Celine Field]

I've read Mansfield Park (twice), Pride and Prejudice (several times), Persuasion, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan and Sense and Sensibility.

(I've also watched Pride and Prejudice BBC-series and the 2004 movie (several times) and seen movie versions of Persuasion, Emma, Sense and Sensibility (twice) and Northanger Abbey :D)

I've also read some of her short stories (or short letter novels) and The Watsons, which was finished by someone else. I've also got Sanditon on my bookshelf (another one finished by someone else), but I haven't had time to read it yet.

(What do you mean I'm an Austen fan? :lol:)
Boy, you are a Austen fan! You have read all her novels. I can see that you really like Pride and Prejudice the most. I have also watched the BBC series of Pride and Predjudice and the 2004 film. When you said that you have watched the BBC series, does that include the six hour AandE film of Pride and Predjudice? Of all the versions, I really like the AandE one best. I've also watched Emma,( Mirmax) Sense and Sensibility,(Columbia Pictures) and Persuasion.(AandE) Have you watched the recent film of Persuasion?( 2007, Masterpiece Theatre) I have not seen it yet, but I am going to see it soon.

[Joreads]

Last week I went to the movies and saw The Jane Austen Book Club. I loved the movie so much that I went out and got the book and read it. I have just started Pride and Prejudice and I intend on reading all of her work. I love the BBC production of P&P and that is the only one that i will watch (There can only be one Mr Darcy for me)

[Tournesol]

Last week I went to the movies and saw The Jane Austen Book Club. I loved the movie so much that I went out and got the book and read it. I have just started Pride and Prejudice and I intend on reading all of her work. I love the BBC production of P&P and that is the only one that i will watch (There can only be one Mr Darcy for me)

MAny people say that Colin Firth is the only Darcy, including my sister!
But I really love the way MacFadyen was able to portray Darcy's pride, aloofness, and yet at the same time, have that look of utter admiration and awe for Lizzy...

I've read, well, P&P obviously. I studied this in high school, and I've read it many times after. I'm convinced that it's one of the best crafted love stories of all time...

I also recently read Northanger Abbey, and I'm in the process of reading Persuasion.

[bouquin]

I have read:
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
Northanger Abbey
.... and I loved them all.

[Nighteyes5678]

I think her books are charming, but then again, I've only read three of them.

[Kafka's Crow]

I've only read Pride and Prejudice as it was part of my coursework once up on a time. I like the book but I will not invest much of my time in her writing. I would rather read George Eliot. I admire how Austin turns her limitations into her strengths, i-e her small canvas and her limited experience. She depicts what she knows and it may not be much but she depicts it with the accuracy of a miniaturist. I don't dislike Jane Austin but I am not an admirer of any of the English or even British novelists. Give me a Russian or a French or an Irish novelist any day but English novel is certainly not my cup of tea.

[Celine Field]

I've only read Pride and Prejudice as it was part of my coursework once up on a time. I like the book but I will not invest much of my time in her writing. I would rather read George Eliot. I admire how Austin turns her limitations into her strengths, i-e her small canvas and her limited experience. She depicts what she knows and it may not be much but she depicts it with the accuracy of a miniaturist. I don't dislike Jane Austin but I am not an admirer of any of the English or even British novelists. Give me a Russian or a French or an Irish novelist any day but English novel is certainly not my cup of tea.

I love George Eliot too. What are your favorite French and Russian novels?

[downing]

I read only Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice:blush: . I certainly have to read more!!!
I loved the film ''Becoming Jane'' about Jane Austen's life! I strongly recommend it to anyone who is a Jane Austen fan!
I also saw ''P&P'' the 1940 and the 2005 versions and only a bit from the 1995 version.
Also saw the Sense and Sensibility version with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet!

[Niamh]

thelastmelon,

Thank you for the information about Jane austen's books. What do you mean when you put posthumous after her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey?
I did not realize that lady Susan was an unfinished work. Are you sure about that? Which of her novels do you like best? I really Love Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. This book that you are currently reading, what is it about?(Norwegia by Haruki Murakami)

Jane Austen was dead before the two books got published, thats what she means by posthumous.:)
Yeah LW i think there was something like twenty years between the rejection and the first publication. :nod:
I've read her six min books too many times (or not enough!:p ) and also "Catherine and other Stories" which has, as far as i'm aware, only been recently published.

[Erichtho]

Last week I read Emma and - contrary to my prejudices - I've learnt to enjoy it. I really doubted I would come to like a whole book about the narrow world of the English landred gentry 200 years ago. It definitely shows her quality as a littérateur that she can create an exciting novel only about bagatelles. After overcoming the first boring lines Emma became a pageturner for me. :)
Maybe I will read another book by her in the future, I'm not sure yet.

[Sir Bartholomew]

:D Me

[The Grim]

I am currently on deployment aboard USS Cole and am in the midst of reading Austen's novels. I have read Lady Susan (which was completed, just not published), Sense and Sensibility, and am currently reading Pride and Prejudice. Your thread indicated that you were interested in date of authorship, rather than publication, which many of the resposes gave. I too am mostly concerned with that, since I strongly prefer to read an author in order of his or her writing, for what I take to be obvious reasons. Does anyone have a written date for Northanger Abbey? The author of the forward in the paperback copy of P&P that I am reading stated that S&S, P&P and NA are Austen's early novels (although she doesn't state the dates or order for each).

[Niamh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_austen#Early_novels

[Lioness_Heart]

I love what I've read of Jane Austen:
Northanger Abbey (hated it while we were studying it for school but then reread it and loved it)
Emma
Sense and Sensibility

And I watched all of the adaptations they had on ITV a while ago as well as the film of Northanger Abbey where Catherine walks around wearing a bonnet that looks like an egg.

For some reason, I've never fancied Pride and Prejudice; it's sitting on the shelf, but I never seem able to pick it up.

But I love the way that she immerses you in her world so deeply that you look up and are surprised when you don't see horses and carriages trundling around outside.

[Dori]

Not I.

[Tiny Dancer]

I am a 15 year old female and i've read all of Jane Austen's works. Frankly, i adore them and i could never egt enough of them..
especially Pride and Prejudice and Emma. They always manage to make me feel great, unlike the Bronte sisters works (which i have read also) Jane Eyre is not as depressing as Wuthering Heights though, neither is Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I adore classics. I bought Ivanhoe the other day from a second hand store for $10 (It was an absoutely GORGEOUS version) and i was so excited about it that i bought it and ran all the way home. I cannot tell you how disappointed i was when i opened it up that night (in a very reading mood) to find that it was all in Russian. *sigh*

[sofia82]

I read Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion at least four years ago. I liked Persuation and P&P very much. And I watched the movie adaptation of Emma.

[lendita]

I've read 'pride and prejudice' and 'sense and sensibility'and I loved 'em very much I've also seen "emma" and "pride and prejudice"on tv

[Tiny Dancer]

GUESS WHAT!?!?!!?
THE BBC SERIES EMMA IS COMING ON T.V!!!
wooooooooo
i am so happy right now!!!:D :p ;) :lol:

[mazz]

Why do people complain about the narrowness of Austen"s subject matter! The stories are a brilliant study of human character. I enjoy many types of books but don't judge a book by how far across a continent they traverse. I've read P&P many times, Emma twice although I didn't like it so much second time through,but I liked the movie so thanks for the info about the series, also Mansfield Park. Must get to northhanger abbey next.. .

[antonia1990]

I've read Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, The Watsons and Persuasion (my favourite). I've tried to read Emma, but didn't like the heroine so much and Mansfield Park is not so tempting just because I find the whole cousins marrying thing to be a bit disgusting.

[bluelala]

I have only saw the movie Pride and Prejudice ,Sense and Sensebility.

[littlelit]

I have read Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.
Also, I have seen the movies Pride and Prejudice and Emma.

[bree]

I have read:
P & P
S & S
Emma
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey

My favorite by far is P & P although I enjoyed them all.

[MARIANNE M]

I have read all of them and some several times.
My favorite: Pride & Prejudice althogh I love specially Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.

[warm]

So far I've only completed Pride and Prejudice (because it's a book we're doing in school) and am finishing Sense and Sensibility now. Hope to finish the rest of them too, though!

[Wilde woman]

I've read three - Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey, but I'm familiar with the plots of Sense & Sensibility and Emma as well. I'm only in the dark about Mansfield Park.

[Jassica]

I've read Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (my favorite), Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey. I love them all and I've read them a lot of times

[CaptainHatteras]

So far just Northanger Abbey but I've started reading Sense and Sensibility.

[Agatha]

I have read all of them, moreover I have read P&P twice. When I have read them I was 14/15 years old. Now I find her works a bit too sentimental and not really realistic, but still they're are fine novels, very funny and they give a insight into British society of XIX century.

[Dinkleberry2010]

I first read Jane Austen in 1974--thirty-five years ago--I read Emma. Every few years I would read a novel by her, and now I have recently read Persuasion, and I find that I have now read all her novels. It only took thirty-five years. Now I will begin rereading her.

[Motherof8]

Yes, I've read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.