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Marc Jacobs

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I finally read an Austen book! I always struggled to get into her books but I kept coming back and finally something clicked and I plowed through Sense and Sensibility. I am thinking of picking up another while I'm on a roll (though I have a huge stack of new books at home right now). Any suggestions? My dad is a huge Austen fan and told me to read Pride and Prejudice but I saw the latest movie version on a plane recently and I feel like the story would be too fresh in my mind. I don't know much about her other books except I saw the Gwyneth version of Emma and don't know if I would like the book and Mansfield Park has a connection to Metropolitan which is one of my favorite movies.

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I'd definitely suggest Pride and Prejudice (it's by far my favorite) but Mr. Knightley in Emma is more and more becoming on of my favorite male characters. Mansfield Park is a little more serious than some of the other novels (written when Austen was older) but I couldn't put it down either. Northanger Abbey is good also but keep in mind that it was supposed to be published when gothic novels were all the rage.

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I would also second "Pride and Prejudice" and "Mansfield Park." I haven't read "Persuasion" yet, but one of my friends raves about it.

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I thought emma was actually a very funny book. I would recomend it.

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Mansfield Park is my favortie Austen book

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IMO, Pride and Prejudice is her best (and the book is MUCH different from the Keira Knightley film, IMO), but I also absolutely adore Persuasion.  Much shorter than her other books, very profound, and the most romantic thing she ever wrote.  I adore it and it gives P&P a run for its money as my favorite.

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Definitely Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park.

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I'm reading Emma right now again.  I love pride and prejudice.  I can't really remember Mansfield Park, Sense an Senseability, or Northangy Abby but I am going to reread them soon too.  I haven't read Persuasion yet so that will be next.

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