Sense And Sensibility (cd) (Penguin Classics)

I loved it to bits! "She was stronger alone, and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible to be."I have SUCH a girl crush on Elinor Dashwood. Good, kind, practical Elinor - empathetic, compassionate to a fault, and as capable of deep feeling as her demonstrative mother and sister Marianne. She was the ideal prism through which to experienc. Donna Hill said The Romantic Entanglements of Two Sisters. I find Austen's novels very challenging since the English is old-fashioned, the terms are different (for example "in-law" is used instead of step--so your stepmother is referred to as your mother-in-law), the pace is slow, and issues can be analyzed endlessly. However, her stories are often a comedy of errors and her characters are enigmatic and, at times, hilarious. I found myself laughing which isn't common for me when I'm reading a classic. Until now, Em. Sense and Sensibility It was a little slow in some parts but overall I enjoyed it. The book is about two sisters who find love but get their hearts broken in different ways. Elinor, the sensible sister, loves Edward but soon finds out that he is engaged to be married to someone who he does not love anymore. Marianne, the more light hearted and outgoing sister, is crazy in love with Willoughby but eventally finds out he is a dirty scoundrel who is also involved with another woman

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.. 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 behavior 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

Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. I could hardly keep my seat. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister: Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic