Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

April 9, 1811 / 346 pages / Fiction

Elinor and Marianne are two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John and the family dynamics of the time begin.

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It's not in my Top Three Austens but it's probably the best of the rest. I found something about Marianne terribly grating but I will probably reread it with a little more sense of perspective and hopefully not find her so much of a snivelling idiot. I'll have more to say if I do reread, I'm sure!

Grade: B / overensuzieastic / Aug 5, 2016

Sure, it's a classic, sure, it's (I'm told) romantic, sure, it paints a picture of what it was like to be a woman in the Victorian era. However, it fell flat for me. Reading the English language as spoken/written at that time is too much work, and the story wasn't compelling enough to make up for it.

Grade: D / smithmts

/ Mar 16, 2021

A book everybody should read.

Grade: C / Susieq2 / Mar 19, 2016

*3.5

Grade: C / fortunesdear / Jul 14, 2020

So I started off thinking this book was meh, but once I got over the slump of the first 100 pages I (surprisingly) really enjoyed it. Keeping track of names and relations was a bit tricky at times (but no harder and actually a bit easier than Game of Thrones). Knowing that unmarried people are Miss and married people are Mrs is important was well as her use of the younger before someone's name if they are the younger sister. I enjoyed this book so much I was trying to guess the ending before I

Grade: A / baggidubhghaill / Jan 1, 2022