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Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility. Penguin. 1811

Rating: 1
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The very different sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood each searches for happiness

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Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin. 1813

Rating: 1
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Elizabeth Bennet spars with proud Darcy

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Jane Austen. Mansfield Park. Penguin. 1814

Rating: 2
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Fanny Price grows up in Mansfield Park.

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Jane Austen. Emma. Penguin. 1816

Rating: 1.5
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"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."

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Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey. Penguin. 1818

Rating: 2
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Catherine Morland finds herself a spoof "Gothic romance" heroine

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Jane Austen. Persuasion. Penguin. 1818

Rating: 1.5
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Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth get a second chance for happiness