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Loved Emma by Jane Austen? Here are 10 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1The Grand Sophy

    The Grand Sophy

    Georgette Heyer

    Featuring an irrepressible heroine who cheerfully arranges everyone's romances, this sparkling Regency tale shares Emma's meddlesome spirit and wit.

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  2. 2Miss Buncle's Book

    Miss Buncle's Book

    D. E. Stevenson

    A well-meaning woman shakes up her English village with unintended consequences, echoing Emma's insular setting and matchmaking missteps.

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  3. 3The Semi-Attached Couple

    The Semi-Attached Couple

    Emily Eden

    Written in the Austen tradition, this Regency comedy of manners explores social posturing, matrimonial schemes, and comic misunderstandings.

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  4. 4Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

    Gaskell captures the sheltered world of provincial England with the same warm irony, nuanced gossip, and romantic blunders found in Emma.

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  5. 5Miss Mole

    Miss Mole

    E. H. Young

    Featuring a sharp-witted, observant heroine in a provincial English town, this novel echoes Emma's wry humor and focus on social decorum.

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  6. 6Doctor Thorne

    Doctor Thorne

    Anthony Trollope

    Trollope's delightful country chronicle centers on village gossip, romantic entanglements, and social hierarchy with Austen-like irony.

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  7. 7Excellent Women

    Excellent Women

    Barbara Pym

    Celebrated as a 20th-century heir to Austen, Pym depicts the quiet dramas and humorous gossip of English neighborhood life with subtle wit.

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  8. 8Belinda

    Belinda

    Maria Edgeworth

    A major influence on Austen, this satirical Regency novel follows a clever young woman navigating high-society matchmaking and courtship.

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  9. 9Cranford

    Cranford

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

    This warm, humorous portrait of an insular English community captures the social foibles, tea-table gossip, and charm of Highbury.

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  10. 10Barchester Towers

    Barchester Towers

    Anthony Trollope

    A masterpiece of social comedy, this novel depicts small-town maneuvering, romantic mishaps, and hypocrisies with sparkling good humor.

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