Marriage is essential to her heroines, both for ensuring their financial security without wealth of their own and for finding a place in society. First, so you know where I come from: I read about half fiction (modern as well as classics and some select fantasy) and non-fiction (mostly about history and politics).Īusten has a sharp eye for the mechanisms of her society.
Thanks to Naty for the opportunity to share my thoughts on Sense and Sensibility.
This book has a nice representation of sisterly relationship and it is quite funny. If you are new to Jane Austen, don’t give up if you find the beginning hard to follow because of so many characters. The sisterly relationship in Sense and Sensibility is my favorite thing about it for sure – they are loyal to each other throughout the entire story. Pride and Prejudice remains my favorite Austen book, but this one comes close. Austen’s writing is very engaging, and her witty, sarcastic undertone in the text is quite entertaining – her criticism of society and sassy characters are my favorite things about her books! However, it can be a bit hard to get through the first pages, where we are introduced to the characters. But after being able to tell people apart, the book goes quite easily – as with every Austen book! Yes, the story is a bit cheesy and the ending quite predictable, but it is so good. You can probably see a bit of yourself in both. Most people will probably fall somewhere in between the personality of both sisters, which is such a unique thing about this book. Through their parallel experience of love-and its threatened loss-the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.Īs the oldest of two sisters with a high opinion of my logical thought (what is modesty? Is it to eat?), I tended to see myself in Elinor, only to be surprised by how much I also related to Marianne. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Today my boyfriend and I will be reviewing Sense and Sensibility! Woohoo! He’s a bookworm too, as you guys might know by now, and we both like Jane Austen (I think… or so he tells me), so I thought it’d be fun to do a double review!
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