StoryPDFEmmaJane Austen✦
Emma
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160,303 words · About 12 h 9 min
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Austen follows courtship through conversation, money, family obligations and the mistakes people make about one another. Pride and Prejudice begins with a family’s expectations of marriage; Emma turns to a heroine convinced that she understands everyone else; Persuasion asks what changes when an old attachment returns.
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StoryPDFLady SusanJane Austen✦
Lady Susan
Ready to readRead now Continue readingCompare competing letters in a brisk social comedy about charm, self-interest, and a widow's efforts to control her reputation.
23,053 words · About 1 h 45 min
StoryPDFMansfield ParkJane Austen✦
Mansfield Park
Ready to readRead now Continue readingNotice when Fanny's dependence makes refusal difficult and when attractive manners obscure a failure of consideration.
159,893 words · About 12 h 7 min
StoryPDFNorthanger AbbeyJane Austen✦
Northanger Abbey
Ready to readRead now Continue readingEnjoy a playful encounter between Gothic expectations and social reality as an inexperienced reader learns to interpret people.
77,388 words · About 5 h 52 min
StoryPDFPersuasionJane Austen✦
Persuasion
Ready to readRead now Continue readingRead the pauses and overheard conversations for the ways mature judgment revisits decisions once made under social pressure.
83,298 words · About 6 h 19 min
StoryPDFPride and PrejudiceJane Austen✦
Pride and Prejudice
Ready to readRead now Continue readingEnjoy the sharp dialogue while testing first impressions against later evidence and the economic pressures shaping each character’s approach to marriage.
126,159 words · About 9 h 33 min
StoryPDFSense and SensibilityJane Austen✦
Sense and Sensibility
Ready to readRead now Continue readingCompare Elinor’s restraint and Marianne’s openness while tracking the economic pressures and incomplete information behind apparently straightforward romantic choices.
119,481 words · About 9 h 3 min