Ranking Jane Austen's Novels

Let’s talk about my soft spots for Emma & Fanny & Anne!
#JaneAustenJuly #classics #amreading

#JaneAustenJuly:
Co-hosts:

My other Jane Austen-videos:

Jane Austen-novels in order of pub date:

And I forgot to mention that I always rewatch this movie in July:

Read along with me!
1. Three classics I want to read in the second half of 2024

2. Sandy’s 1001 Books Bookclub
January – No book
February - The Princess of Cleves by Madame Lafayette (192 pages)
March - The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (448 pages)
April - Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (192 pages)
May - The Waves by Virginia Woolf (304 pages)
June – Love’s Work by Gillian Rose (170 pages)
July - The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (383 pages)
September - The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen (320 pages)
October - The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross (415 pages)
November - Anagrams by Lorrie Moore (240 Pages)
December - Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair (86 pages)

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Non-fiction (available only in Dutch):

Crime novels under the pen name Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt)
The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)

and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)

[GarySwafford-pf]

So good to see you back, Britta, and how I love it that you've done a Austen video. Thanks so much.

[angelaluz]

Lady Susan is fantastic! I am glad you included it in the rankings. I wish everyone did. Enjoy your Jane Austen July reads! (Also, I am so glad the physiotherapy is helping with your back. I am in physiotherapy for a shoulder injury now and it is working wonders for me.)

[penelopegough]

My favourite remains Persuasion. I love to reread it and find something new each time I do. First read it when in hospital having a baby. That baby is now 50 and have reread it every couple of years since then . So a few times 🤭. Yes Lady Susan is just brilliant. So good. Was rearranging some books yesterday for shelf space and lady Susan was in the pile. I’ve left it out to read again.
This JAJ I’m reading Sense and Sensibility as haven’t read it for ages. Will also watch the Emma Thompson film which I love.

[myreadinglife]

Controversial! Putting P&P in the middle of the pack! 😂

[Magzie]

I am so glad you are back. I enjoyed your Jane Austen video. I haven’t read Lady Susan yet, so I ordered it and plan to read it since it’s your favorite. I’m sure I will enjoy it if you did.

[louisep]

I love all the "Mr Whatshisface"s 😅
I knew you were going to pick Lady Susan as your favourite. I remember how much you liked it during your classics read. I'm going to have to do a reread of at least one this month.

[BookChatWithPat]

So good to see you again, Britta. Loved hearing your thoughts about all of Jane Austen's works. I used to love to teach both Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I'm reading Sense and Sensibility now.

[RaynorReadsStuff]

Lovely video Britta. Very glad you are back 😊. My favourite Jane Austen is Mansfield Park. Really enjoy Fanny Price.

[GinaStanyerBooks]

I love those editions! So pretty. Persuasion is my favorite. I love Lady Susan too. I wish it were longer!

[gf-khbz]

Lovely video and so glad to hear your praise of Lady Susan! I've bought this book last month and now I am even more eager to read it :)

[Zeus]

So happy you are back with your excellent reviews.

[cuppa.books.]

My favourite is Northanger Abbey, I just feel like Austen was having a good time poking fun at the gothic literature of the time. Sense & Sensibility is next for me. The rest are all on a level for me. But they are all due a reread at some point.

[susprime]

I like Pride and Prejudice best and Persuasion dead last, "just speak, irritating."😂 I read and enjoyed Lady Susan when you recommended it.

[GaggingLit]

Pride and Prej is my all time fave of Austen's. I love the wit and the deranged mother, and it's so satisfying seeing how all 5 daughters' lives plan out. Whenever I read another Austen novel they always feel like a reshuffling of the same themes and plots, that to me, are perfectly executed in pride and prej. Will have to pick up Lady Susan.

[davidnovakreadspoetry]

I enjoyed hearing your ranking and the reasons. I just came across Jane’s brother in a history book — he was an admiral in the navy. (That’s probably as close as I’m getting to Jane Austen this year.)

[melissahouse]

Ok i really need to read Lady Susan as you and i seem to have very similar feelings re Austen; im not the biggest romance reader 🤷‍♀(cynical spinster here 🤣🤣) 😂😆 it would have to be somehow subversive / unpredictable but so far Persuasion is my favourite (not read Emma or P&P yet). I also actually enjoy the adaptations more- Persuasion also my fave (quiet & understated). Great pairing F&P enjoy 🤓 Good job with the physio! 😊💕

[marianryan]

Solidarity on Anne Elliott and Lady Susan! LS is major hoot.

[alldbooks]

Very interesting. I adore Emma. Fanny gets on my last nerve, but I get it. Have never read Susan. Need to get to that one.

[kamalgupta]

Really brave you are... I really appreciate your" i don't care attitude"... Keep it up.. Dear.. Respect from India.. 😊😊😊

[BookishTexan]

Lady Susan will feature in one of my upcoming videos!