Pride and Prejudice (original 1813; edition 2000)

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   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Headinherbooks_27)
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   Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Shuffy2)

   Shuffy2: Beatrice and Benedick & Lizzie and Darcy- there are some similarties! This is my favorite of Shakespeare's comedies! Two characters who love to spar with words, 2 couples who love each other, and a bad guy! Perfect mix...

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   The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (carlym)
6. 314
   Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Bonzer)
7. 303
   North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (BookishRuth, Shuffy2)

   Shuffy2: Mr. Darcy and Mr. Thornton are both of the same cloth, a love story you can really sink into!

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   The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (humouress)

   humouress: For those who love Pride and Prejudice, and want to know more about the context it was written in, the annotated version adds depth to Jane Austen's work.

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    Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (chrisharpe)

    chrisharpe: Both novels offer a similar sort of wry look at the foibles of the English classes in the 18th / 19th centuries. Both are so carefully observed and deliciously written that they remain classics.

11. 224
    The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (SandSing7)

    SandSing7: Wharton is as American as Austen is British. Read both works for a comparitive "across the pond" view on the novel of manners.

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15. 82
    Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym (lilithcat)

    lilithcat: Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first book, but I would really recommend any of her works to admirers of Jane Austen. She has the same sensibility, the same grasp of the English social order and the English village, and populates her books with very similar people. But, more important, she has the same sense of humor, and the same marvelous touch with comedies of manners.… (more)

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    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (spiralsheep)

    spiralsheep: I can't believe there isn't already a rec for this, the closest possible read-a-like.

17. 62
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    Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield (lydiabarr)

    lydiabarr: Austen and Delafield are often compared...both have shrewdly observational sense of humor and an elaborately deadpan style. I love them both.

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    Longbourn by Jo Baker (julienne_preacher, Cecrow)

    Cecrow: Longbourn takes place among the servants of the Bennett family.

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