Austen biographer Claire Tomalin argues that Sense and Sensibility has a "wobble in its approach", which developed because Austen, in the course of writing the novel, gradually became less certain about whether sense or sensibility should triumph.
Penulis biografi Austen, Claire Tomalin, menyatakan bahwa Sense and Sensibility memiliki sebuah "getaran dalam pendekatannya," yang dikembangkan karena Austen, dalam proses penulisan novel, perlahan menjadi kurang yakin tentang apakah Sense (pengertian) atau Sensibility (kepekaan) yang harus menang.