Which Jane Austen novel did the prince regent admire?

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Portrait of Jane Austen seated, wearing a light blue dress and bonnet, holding a closed book on her lap with a thoughtful expression. — Jane Austen Jane Austen, a 19th-century engraving likely derived from a portrait by her sister, Cassandra Austen, c. 1810.

The British prince regent (later King George IV) enjoyed all of Jane Austen’s novels so much that he kept a set in each of his residences. Specifically, he admired her work to the extent that her novel Emma was "respectfully dedicated" to him at a discreet royal command.1