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Short works, collectively called the Juvenilia, written.
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Lady Susan written, but without a conclusion.
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“Elinor and Marianne” written (later revised as Sense and Sensibility).
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“First Impressions” begun (later revised as Pride and Prejudice).
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“First Impressions” completed and offered by Austen’s father to a publisher, but rejected sight unseen.
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“Susan” written (later retitled “Catherine” and posthumously published as Northanger Abbey).
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“Susan” sold to a publisher, but never published.
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The Watsons begun but not finished.
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Lady Susan completed.
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Sense and Sensibility published.
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Pride and Prejudice published. Mansfield Park completed and accepted for publication. Second editions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility published.
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Mansfield Park published. Emma begun.
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Emma completed and published (1816 shown on title page). Persuasion begun.
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Persuasion completed. “Susan” repurchased from publisher and revised as “Catherine.” Second edition of Mansfield Park published.
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Sanditon begun but not finished. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion published together posthumously with “Biographical Notice” by Henry Austen (1818 shown on title page).