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I often feel like Sense and Sensibility is not as much in the limelight as the rest of Austen’s creations. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular, Emma and Mansfield Park are famous for what she achieved (in terms of structure and writing skills), Northanger Abbey is a pastiche of Gothic fiction (going to re-read it soon, and review it), and that leaves Persuasion (another to be re-read ...more
I often feel like Sense and Sensibility is not as much in the limelight as the rest of Austen’s creations. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular, Emma and Mansfield Park are famous for what she achieved (in terms of structure and writing skills), Northanger Abbey is a pastiche of Gothic fiction (going to re-read it soon, and review it), and that leaves Persuasion (another to be re-read ...more
This is probably my favorite Austen with Persuasion being a close second. It has been many years since I first read this but I still love it and still love Elinor.
I listened to the audio this time around and as usual Juliet Stevenson was top notch.
I listened to the audio this time around and as usual Juliet Stevenson was top notch.
The second Austen novel I read this year, and in many ways I enjoyed it even more than my read of Pride and Prejudice.
Sense and Sensibility is liking reading a current day rom-com. It lacks some of the more contemplative dialogue and depth of Pride and Prejudice, but for me it was more of a page-turner and I was more invested in the story.
I'm enjoying my read through Austen's works and look forward to my next read of hers-Persuasion. ...more
Sense and Sensibility is liking reading a current day rom-com. It lacks some of the more contemplative dialogue and depth of Pride and Prejudice, but for me it was more of a page-turner and I was more invested in the story.
I'm enjoying my read through Austen's works and look forward to my next read of hers-Persuasion. ...more
Jan 29, 2018
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Well, next month I'll be reading yet another Jane Austen, but I'm starting to think that one once a year is quite enough. I get the feeling that there are different names, slightly different environments but that the main story is the same in every book. I know I really loved Pride and Prejudice when I read it many, many years ago. Maybe because it was my first one and so the storyline was new to me. Or maybe it's just because I liked different books at that time. When I read Emma last ye ...more
Well, next month I'll be reading yet another Jane Austen, but I'm starting to think that one once a year is quite enough. I get the feeling that there are different names, slightly different environments but that the main story is the same in every book. I know I really loved Pride and Prejudice when I read it many, many years ago. Maybe because it was my first one and so the storyline was new to me. Or maybe it's just because I liked different books at that time. When I read Emma last ye ...more
What a lovely book.
Stories about sisters are always close to my heart and this is one of the best.
Jul 01, 2008
Jackie
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Amber (Books of Amber)
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Jan 24, 2011
Vavita
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Jul 25, 2012
Devon
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