I was lucky enough to have a great English Literature teacher at secondary school, who brought to life every classic book that we read. Small and Scottish, Mrs Pearce was a force of nature, but held a class of thirty teenagers transfixed as she explained the subtleties and biting wit of Pride and Prejudice. I loved this book and equally adored the BBC TV Series of the early 1990s with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth taking the lead roles. Below is a list of the novels written by Jane Austen in order of publication. These can all be read as standalone novels.

Novels in Order of Publication

• Sense and Sensibility (1811)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Mansfield Park (1814)
• Emma (1815)
• Northanger Abbey (1818 posthumous)
• Persuasion (1818 posthumous)
• Lady Susan (1871 posthumous)

Unfinished Novels

• The Watsons (1804)
• Sanditon (1817)