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The Dashwood sisters find husbands, because it's Austen of course.
( I've finally read ALL the Austens. )
Verdict: Sense and Sensibility has all the virtues of Jane Austen's other five novels, but it was one of her earliest, and the last one I read, which makes it suffer by comparison. No Austen novel is bad, and I enjoyed it, but it's not close to being my favorite. 7/10.
Also by Jane Austen: My reviews of Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion.
My complete list of book reviews.
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. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. 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.
( I've finally read ALL the Austens. )
Verdict: Sense and Sensibility has all the virtues of Jane Austen's other five novels, but it was one of her earliest, and the last one I read, which makes it suffer by comparison. No Austen novel is bad, and I enjoyed it, but it's not close to being my favorite. 7/10.
Also by Jane Austen: My reviews of Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion.
My complete list of book reviews.
