12/16/2025
✨ Happy Birthday Jane Austen! ✨
in honor of Jane Austen day, here is my personal ranking of all of her novels from favorite to least fave.
1 - EMMA! 5/5 ⭐️ absolutely loved! funny, witty, and very sweet. her best novel to me by far. the 1995 movie adaptation is just as good as the novel, and Emma was the inspo for the movie Clueless! 🎥
2 - NORTHANGER ABBEY! 5/5 ⭐️ as well. loved the main character Catherine and her obsession with gothic novels and haunted castles, as she is vying for the attention of the guy she wants to be with. 🏯
3 - PERSUASION - 5/5 ⭐️ a beautiful story of an old romance rekindled 8 years later, couldn’t stop turning the pages. 📖
4 - PRIDE & PREJUDICE - 4/5 ⭐️ I’m sure we all know by now this classic tale of overcoming pride and prejudices, as well as Mr. Darcy and Ms. Bennet’s eventual infatuation with each other. the original enemies to lovers lol! the 2005 movie adaptation is one of my fave movies to watch, absolutely gorgeous! 😍
5 - SENSE & SENSIBILITY - 3/5 ⭐️ the first Jane Austen book that I read! a great first impression of her for me as a classic novelist. follows the tale of two sisters as romance unexpectedly finds them. the 1995 movie adaptation starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, and Hugh Grant is so fun to watch! 🎞️
6 - MANSFIELD PARK - 2/5 ⭐️ not my fave! the main character was treated like s**t by her whole family lol and wasn’t as strong willed and lovable as Austen’s other main characters. couldn’t believe after the wholeeeee story unfolds that the main character marries her cousin 🤨