I Read Every Jane Austen Book Back-To-Back – These 4 Changed How I See Her Writing

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68beb7d0190000d5e834c61e.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Shorter Works of Jane Austen by the Folio Society" data-caption="Shorter Works of Jane Austen by the Folio Society" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Amy Glover / HuffPost UK" />Shorter Works of Jane Austen by the Folio Society</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>I first took an interest in Jane Austen after watching <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/heres-why-pride-and-prejudices-2005-uk-ending-was-so-different-to-the-us_uk_6800cf46e4b027910a15abd8">Pride &amp; Prejudice</a> (specifically, the 1995 BBC version – sorry, Kiera Knightley’s flick <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/heres-why-pride-and-prejudices-2005-uk-ending-was-so-different-to-the-us_uk_6800cf46e4b027910a15abd8">can’t compare</a>). </p><p>It wasn’t just THAT Colin Firth pond scene that did it, though the moment didn’t hurt. I loved how funny and irreverent the lines were; I particularly liked Lizzie Bennett admitting she fell in love with Darcy <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pride-and-prejudice-housing-is-the-real-romance_uk_67f8e714e4b0061740c140d8">after seeing his massive gaff.</a></p><p>So, I read the novel, adored it, and thumbed through the first few pages of Sense &amp; Sensibility too before sadly forgetting it. It’s only this year, as we’re celebrating the<a href="https://janeausten.co.uk/pages/festival-2025-250th-anniversary-year?srsltid=AfmBOoqqagbc82ZdcsT2Rfyqo20kNq-CFwaSCa0eVrJHZmy1pVMr11M0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> 250th anniversary of the author’s birth</a>, that I have finally dedicated myself to going through all of the author’s written works. </p><p>Thoug