Here I was, thinking I was going to have to run out and buy every single Jane Austen novel, to the consternation of my wallet. So it's with relief to realize that I can safely strike Sense and Sensibility off my list.Coming off of Pride and Prejudice, I couldn't wait to dive into more Jane Austen, and Sense and Sensibility had always been high on my list. But from the very start, this book felt like the more lackluster and spiritless cousin of its more famous successor, and it never really picke...

thank you, Jane Austen, for affirming that you can find genuine, long-lasting love after being subjected to the most soul-harrowing, mind-crushing, heart-pulverizing situationship of your life

While I enjoyed the relationship between the sisters, I didn't care for the romances.
Colonel Brandon is <3 but probably not the best match for Marianne. I was kinda shipping him with Elinor tbh. There was also no chemistry between Elinor and Edward in the book, only in the tv show.

Trying to read all of her books... So far:
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Lady Susan
*Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey

I'm not a fan of Jane Austen. I've given her many chances, and do really want to like her work, but am always let down -- until now, that is! I enjoyed Sense and Sensibility so much more than I was expecting to! I still wouldn't rank it on the same level as the Bronte sisters, but the story is sardonically funny, clever and surprisingly gripping for one with such a slow pace! I thought the characters were really believable. Those characters who seemed more 2D at the beginning, grew out of later-...

*life goals: to be an Eleanor*reality: being a Marianne⬇️*Classic example of men being gold diggers: John WilldoughyNot all gold diggers are women*Classic character reference of mean girls and vanity: Lucy Steele*Most underrated character reference in history:Colonel Brandon*Most unsettling romance main man character of all times: Edward Ferrars*Classic reference of being in a group project where your name is there but you are always absent to the point of being creepy: Margaret Dashwood(The mer...

Money. It's all about the money. I mean, why else would you marry someone?In Sense and Sensibility there are three major factors beyond the usual considerations of appearance, personality and character conduct when looking for a marriage in 19th century England. Indeed, what the Dashwood sisters look for- well Elinor really because she has more refined tastes and is far more discerning in regards to men- is a man’s opinion on literature and his understanding of natural beauty. What most people l...

Sense and Sensibility is dense with inactivity.

Jane Austen’s first published work, Sense and Sensibility, published in 1811, is more straightforward than most of her later works. The story focuses on two sisters, ages 17 and 19, and how their romantic interests and relationships epitomize their different approaches to life. The older sister Elinor embodies sense, good judgment and discretion.Her sister Marianne is emotional and volatile, following her heart with a supreme disregard for what society might – and does – think.Elinor is pretty m...

I love Jane Austen. I LOVE Jane Austen. I LOVE JANE AUSTEN!!I…LOVE…JANE…AUSTEN!!I……LOVE…..JANE..…AUSTEN!!I still twitch a bit, but I'm getting more and more man-comfortable saying that because there no denying that it’s true. Normally, I am not much of a soapy, chick-flick, mani-pedi kinda guy. I don’t spritz my wine, rarely eat quiche and have never had anything waxed (though the list of things that need it grows by the hour). But I would walk across a desert in bloomers and a parasol to read M...

This is a great story even though neither heroine is my favorite.And I'm not really crazy about the boys, either.I'm not saying Austen wrote them incorrectly, but these were different times, and not all the stuff they did translates all that well into most people's version of what a modern-day heroine (or hero) should look like.So. If you're a new-to-Austen reader, just keep that in mind.The general gist of this one is that two sisters, who have recently fallen on hard financial times, also fall...