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?
I think I would recommend "Mansfield Park" overall.
Is "Mansfield Park" a fiction novel?
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
Henry Crawford owned barouches" in which other characters rode, and Jane Austen herself on at least one occasion in 1813 rode in a barouche. Henry Crawford was a character in "Mansfield Park" and his barouche was the topic of two important scenes of the novel; Lady Dalrymple was in "Persuasion", while Mr and Mrs Palmer were characters in "Sense and Sensibility".
Barouche driving is mentioned as a fashionable pastime in Nice, Italy, in chapter 37 of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott.