# 18: Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
Even though this is not one of Austen’s famous works, I believe that this is Austen at her best. This is a gothic/mock-gothic novel. Austen knows the gothic genre quite well, and she manipulates the conventions in a way that makes the reader aware that she is mocking the style by practicing it. The novel is very entertaining and funny at times, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 
#6: Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal 
Ireland=good. England= bad. Eating babies=bad. Being one of the greatest satirists of the English language, Swift does not hold anything back in this one. I have read this piece many times, and every time I discover something new in Swift’s prose. This is one of the best examples of manipulation of rhetoric, and it perfectly showcases how well Swift handles the language.