Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen began Pride and Prejudice with one of the most famous sentences in English literature. It continues with wit, social precision, an irresistable heroine and is perfect ironic novel of manners Persuasion Jane Austen;s question "What is persuasion?" - is the force behind this novel. Anne Elliot, one of Austen's quietest yet strongest of heroines, is also open to persuasion. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's poor, plain, but plucky heroine, posesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle many cruelties in her life within a rigid social order. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's wild, passionate story tells of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted foundling Heathcliff. Humiliated, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights, but returns to exact a terrible revenge. Tess ot the d'Urbervilles Tomas Hardy's novel is a study of hipocrisy and double standards. It tells of the relationships and fortunes of Tess Durbeyfield, a poor Wessex willage girl, and her search for respectability. Lady Chatterley's Lover D.H. Lance tells the story of Sir Clifford Chatterley, who returns fron the war paralysed from waist down, and consequent love which develops between his wife and his gamekeeper. It is a complex tale open to a variety of conflicting interpretations.