Jane Austen is such a  great novelist.
Which of her books do you like most?
One of my favorites has got to be "Sense of Sensibility".
Nice, good choice!  What would you reccomend to a a first time reader of hers?
irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
With the publications of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion", both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually
, but in vain. I should like to know what her estimate is, but am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever, and of finding my own story and my own people all forestalled." Kathryn Sutherland explains Jane Austen's comments on "Self-Control" as Austen being worried by Brunton's success, as "Self-Control" was selling wildly during the time Austen was preparing "Sense and Sensibility" for publication.
A French translation was published in 1829. Twenty years after its