1000+ images about Sense and Sensibility on Pinterest | Picnics, Sisters and Daughters Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Sense and Sensibility Visit Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton and see where the author herself revised Sense and Sensibility 14 Pins385 Followers SparkNotes: Sense and Sensibility: Characters Sense and Sensibility Summary Chapters 1-5 Colonel Brandon - A retired officer and friend of Sir John Middleton who falls in love with Marianne Dashwood and acts kindly, honorably, and graciously towards the Dashwoods throughout the novel Mrs. Dashwood - The kind and loving mother of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret and second wife to Henry Dashwood. She has inherited no fortune of her own but wants the best for her daughters and shares Marianne's romantic sensibilities. Elinor Dashwood - The nineteen-year-old eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood and the heroine of Austen's novel. Elinor is composed but affectionate, both when she falls in love with Edward Ferrars and when she comforts and supports her younger sister Marianne.

Henry Dashwood - The father of John Dashwood and, by a second marriage, of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret Dashwood. He dies in the opening chapter of the novel and bequeaths his estate at Norland to his son, leaving his wife and daughters impoverished. Fanny Dashwood - The selfish, snobbish, and manipulative wife of John Dashwood and the sister of Edward and Robert Ferrars. John Dashwood - The weak-minded and money-grubbing heir to the Norland estate. At his wife Fanny's suggestion, he leaves his mother and sisters with very little money and remains largely unconcerned for their welfare. Margaret Dashwood - The thirteen-year-old, good-humored youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood, Margaret shares her sister Marianne's romantic tendencies. Marianne Dashwood - The seventeen-year-old second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood. Marianne's spontaneity, excessive sensibility, and romantic idealism lead her to fall in love with the debaucherous John Willoughby, though he painfully spurns her, causing her to finally recognize her misjudgment of him.

After this turn of heart, she ultimately marries her long-standing admirer, Colonel Brandon. Mrs. Ferrars - The wealthy, manipulative mother of Edward and Robert who disinherits her first son when he refuses to marry a rich heiress. Edward Ferrars - The sensible and friendly older brother of Fanny Dashwood and Robert Ferrars. Edward develops a close relationship with Elinor while staying at Norland and ultimately marries her, after he is freed from a four-year secret engagement to Lucy Steele. Robert Ferrars - A conceited coxcomb and the younger brother of Edward and Fanny. Robert inherits his mother's fortune after she disinherits Edward. Ironically, he ultimately marries Lucy Steele, even though it was Edward's engagement to this same woman that caused his mother to disinherit him. Miss Sophia Grey - The wealthy heiress whom Willoughby marries after abandoning Marianne. Mrs. Jennings - Lady Middleton's gossipy but well-intentioned mother who invites the Dashwood sisters to stay with her in London and makes it her "project" to marry them off as soon as possible.

Lady Middleton - A distant relation of the Dashwoods who lives at Barton Cottage with her husband Sir John Middleton and their four spoiled children Sir John Middleton - The jovial but vulgar distant relation of the Dashwoods who invites Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters to stay at Barton Cottage after Mr. and Mrs. John Dashwood inherit Norland, leaving the women homeless. Mr. Thomas Palmer - Mrs. Palmer's gruff, unemotional husband. Mrs. Charlotte Palmer - Mrs. Jennings' talkative and foolish daughter who invites the Dashwood sisters to stay at her home in Cleveland on their way from London to Barton. Anne Steele - Lucy Steele's older, unmarried sister who accidentally reveals her sister's secret engagement to Edward Ferrars. Lucy Steele - Mrs. Jennings' cousin and a sly, selfish, and insecure young woman. She has been secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars for four years but she ultimately marries his brother, Robert, once Edward is disinherited. John Willoughby - An attractive but deceitful young man who wins Marianne Dashwood's heart but then abandons her (greedily) in favor of the wealthy Miss Sophia Grey. More Help Example Essays: Sense And Sensibility 1.

Sense and sensibility Sense and SensibilityBook Report - Sense and Sensibility 1.) In Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, the title is a metaphor for the two main characters Elinor and Marianne. ... Marianne, on the other hand, represents sensibility. ... But, given a stipend sufficient for moderate comfort, another fact of life is that something is more important to true sense and sensibility that the selfish and ignorant possession of a great deal of money." ... Sense and Sensibility has given me a better understanding of the women and lifestyle during that time-period. ... Word Count: 1721 2. pride & prejudice vs sense & s Sense and Sensibility vs. ... In Sense and Sensibility Mr. ... Sense and Sensibility addresses the romantic problems of two sisters. ... The novel Sense and Sensibility relates to the characters in a sense that Marianne, who with her views of love at first sight and her emotions which she openly expresses , represent the "sensibilityaE in the novel. ... The main theme behine this novel is to achieve a balance between Sense and Sensibility. ... Word Count: 1322 3.

Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen"s novel Sense and Sensibility the title is a metaphor for the two main characters, Elinor and Marianne. Elinor represents sense and Marianne represents sensibility. ... It was not until 1795 that Austen began writing Sense and Sensibility, otherwise known as Elinor and Marianne at the time, which would later be introduced as, perhaps, Austen"s best work. However, some critics found Sense and Sensibility to be one of her least successful novels.Modern readers and critics, on the whole, do not consider Sense and Sensibility to be Austen"s best work. ... Finally, Elinor would d... Word Count: 1952 In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility the title is a metaphor for the two main characters. Marianne who represents Sensibility, and Elinor who represents Sense. ... Elinor would definitely represent sense. ... Marianne on the other hand is Sensibility. ... Word Count: 461 5.

Sense and Sensibility Journal 1Sense and SensibilityThe two main characters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen are symbolized by the contrast between Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor, the older sister, represents qualities of "sense", which stand for reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed understanding of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents qualities of "sensibility", which stand for emotion, spontaneity, and impulsiveness. ... Marianne falls into a terrible emotional and physical sickness, whereas Elinor did not let her emotions destroy her life.Sense and se... Word Count: 425 6. Summary: Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility In this book, we will see how two girls can change their sense to sensibility. ... Sense and Sensibility opens in Sussex, England. ... Elinor and Marianne live happy ever after JIn Conclusion, the girls learn to overcome "sense" and become sensible to their life situations. ... Word Count: 774 7.

A Comparison between Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Pre Comparison Between "Pride And Prejudice" And "Sense And Sensibility""Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" is a keen observation of social class and customs. ... This technique is observed both in "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility". ... Similarly, Elinor in "Sense and Sensibility" emerges as the most pragmatic character. ... Edward in "Sense and Sensibility" on the other hand depicts a more consistent character. ... In "Sense and Sensibility" Edward shows all the positive qualities. ... Word Count: 2045 8. Sense & Sensibility In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen takes a look at the rules of love, courtship, and marriage during the Regency. ... Through Sense and Sensibility, one gets the sense that the Regency is characterized by rules that make love non-existent. To perpetuate this feeling even more, one can look to the author herself, who was never married.Sense and Sensibility, is the story of two sisters searching for love and all the happiness that accompanies it. ...

It is suffice to say that women tend to live life without sense, but rather with sensibility-women have trouble disregarding their heart especia... Word Count: 2168 9. sence and sensability Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. ... Sense and Sensibility This novel contrasts two sisters: Marianne, who, with her doctrines of love at first sight, fervent emotions overtly expressed, and admiration of the grotesque "picturesque", represents the cult of "sensibility"; and Elinor, who has much more "sense", but is still not immune from disappointments. ... The... Word Count: 276 10. Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austin"s Sense and Sensibility, Marianne Dashwood is a young, beautiful character full of passion, spirit and love. She lives life by the heart, no matter the consequences, and because of it, is taught a lesson on love.

Marianne"s spirit is showed in every aspect of her life. Throughout the ... Word Count: 749 12. Sense and Senseibilty The novel Sense and Sensibility is about love and family and above all about being sensible when making decisions. ... Marianne"s love affairs have a lot to do with the books title, Marianne represents sensibility because she acts on sensibility or great feeling, she goes with what she feels, not what is right or what will most likely not cause trouble in the future. Selvaggi 3Elinor on the other hand represents sense, while she formed a sensible relationship with Edward Ferrars, Marianne only critized it. ... Word Count: 687 13. Sense And Sesibility Sense and SensibilityIn Sense and Sensibility, the family system seemed to be patriarchal. The men made all the decisions around the house and they were the ones who went out and made the money. Although the mothers had a big say in what who their son married. If the mother did not approve of the... Word Count: 773 14.

the best AP english book Two, Seabiscuit and Heart of Darkness, were required, while one, Sense and Sensibility, I chose. ... Seabiscuit was written in a simple biographical format, and Sense and Sensibility was written in the style of most books, with a plotline that resembled many bad soap-operas. ... Word Count: 383 15. Feminine Manipulation in Sense and Sensibility Some feminist critics have argued that Jane Austen's novels portray women as subservient to men, lacking in individual authority and subject to a patriarchal power structure that marginalizes the female role in society. Although it is true that Austen's novels focus on the precarious role of women i... Word Count: 2020 16. The Way Out In Jane Austen"s Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, Kate Chopin"s "Story of an HouraE, and "RopeaE, many of the major conflicts revolve around problems within a relationship or marriage. ... A less analogous situation takes place in Sense and Sensibility amid Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars. ... Word Count: 695 17.

Jane Austen and Sense and Sensibility JANE AUSTENJane Austen"s family background.-She was born on 16th December in 1775 at Steventon in Hants. She was te seventh child of the reverenden George Austen and Cassandra Leigh. Jane Austen and her sister attended to Abbey School, Reading (1784 -1785).Jane Austen"s father and his religious idea... Word Count: 5680 18. Love And Honor Love and HonorJane Austen bases the film Sense and Sensibility on a novel in the early nineteenth century in England. The story begins, as Henry Dashwood lies dying. He is concerned about his daughters" income. Therefore, without money, the girls would have a hard time marrying. Mr. Dashwood make... Word Count: 806 19. Family Relationships Within In the book Sense and Sensibility Austen explores the customs of courtship, marriage, and lineage. There were several families illustrated in the book Sense and Sensibility and the relationships within each family were quite different.

Three of these families will be described throughout this paper: the Dashwood family, the Ferrars family, and the family of Colonel Brandon.The first family depicted in the book Sense and Sensibility is the Dashwood family. ... So, respectively, they represent the title, Elinor is Sense and Marianne is sensibility (Hill). ... Most sources consider the relationsh... Word Count: 1013 20. Elinor Elinor's SilenceFor this paper I would like to look at Elinor Dashwood's silence in the novel Sense and Sensibility. ... In the case of Lady Middleton, Elinor reads her silence as S. . .a mere calmness of manner with which sense had nothing to do, ¨ and that Sthey were sometimes only reminded of her being amongst them by her solicitude about her troublesome boys ¨ (51). ... Word Count: 1715 21. Sense and Sensibility Throughout the epic story Beowulf and Grendel by John Garnder, both characters displayed quite an amount of differences and similarities. Although they are enemy of each other, they both shares similar actions, but different in their mentality.

Because the period of history they were in "Shut away from men; they split/Into a thousand forms of evil-spirits/And fiends, goblins, monsters, giants, /A brood forever opposing the Lord"s/Will, and again and again defeatedaE (Beowulf ln.25-29). This time reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular culture.Lets start with Grendel, a mean... Word Count: 490 22. Sense and Sensibility and Emma - A Comparison "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." - Jane AustenSense and SensibilityChapter 1Mr Dashwood and his family live in an estate at Norland Park. The estate is not theirs but from an old man who is a relative of Mr John Dashwood. Mr J... Word Count: 11136 Jane Austen Jane Austen Jane Austen (and others) A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels.

Mansfield Park: On a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Northanger Abbey: Young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey. Sense and Sensibility: Forced to leave their family home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood try to forge a new life at Barton Cottage. Pride and Prejudice: Mrs Bennet is determined to get her five daughters married well, so when the wealthy Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy move into the neighbourhood her hopes are raised… Emma: Emma Woodhouse declares she will never marry, but she is determined to find a match for her friend Harriet. Persuasion: Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected a marriage proposal from a handsome but poor naval officer. Now her former love has returned… With an all-star cast including David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia McKenzie, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, Eve Best and Juliet Stevenson, these BBC radio adaptations are full of humour, romance, love lost and love regained.

Duration: approx 15 hours 30 mins Jane Austen 'Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die.' The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Jane Austen (and others) This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition celebrates 200 years of Austen's beloved novel. With a beautiful cover designed by illustrator Dadu Shin and comprehensive notes sourced from the Jane Austen Collection, this is an edition to be treasured by students and collectors alike. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

Beautiful, clever, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. Jane Austen (and others) Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense. Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work: wit, acute insight into human folly, and a preoccupation with manners, morals and money. But it is also a product of the eighteenth century in which she grew up - dark, grotesque, often surprisingly bawdy, and a far cry from the polished, sparkling novels of manners for which she became famous. Drunken heroines, babies who bite off their mother's fingers, and a letter-writer who has murdered her whole family all feature in these very funny pieces.

This edition includes all of Austen's juvenilia, including her 'History of England' - written by 'a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant Historian' - and the novella 'Lady Susan', in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society. Taken together, they offer a fascinating - and often surprising - insight into the early Austen. This major new edition is the first time Austen's juvenilia has appeared in Penguin Classics. Edited by Professor Christine Alexander, it includes an introduction, notes and other useful editorial materials. Jane Austen, born in 1775, wrote many burlesques, parodies and other stories in her youth, including a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan. The novels published in her lifetime include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16, and was published, together with Northanger Abbey,posthumously in 1818. Austen died in Winchester on 18 July 1817.

Christine Alexander is Scientia Professor of English at the University of New South Wales and general editor of the Juvenilia Press. She has published extensively on the Brontës and has co-edited the first book on literary juvenilia, The Child Writer from Austen to Woolf (2005). 'Spirited, easy, full of fun, verging with freedom upon sheer nonsense ... At fifteen she had few illusions about other people and none about herself' - Virginia Woolf' [Her] inspiration was the inspiration of Gargantua and of Pickwick; it was the gigantic inspiration of laughter' - G. K. Chesterton Jane Austen 'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and babies biting off their mothers' fingers... Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.

They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Jane Austen (1775-1817). Austen's works available in Penguin Classics are Emma, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon, Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility | Pride and Prejudice | Mansfield Park | Emma | Northanger Abbey | Persuasion | Love and Freindship Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status.

But they are not mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. The seven books in this box set contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language. Jane Austen (and others) Samantha Spiro, David Troughton and Amanda Root are among the cast of this new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Jane Austen’s famous novel. Mrs Bennet is determined to see her five daughters married off and secure a future for them all. When the wealthy Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet wastes no time in making his acquaintance. His friend Mr Darcy, however, discourages Mr Bingley from marrying Jane Bennet, and also appears to snub her sister Elizabeth. When Elizabeth hears that Mr Darcy himself is of poor character, her innate prejudice of him is merely reinforced, and she roundly refuses his proposal of marriage. But then, when she discovers that she was misinformed, Elizabeth wonders if she can ever hope to see Mr Darcy again… Published over 200 years ago, Pride and Prejudice remains one of the British nation’s favourite novels.

Among the starring cast in this radio production are Pippa Nixon as Elizabeth and Jamie Parker as Mr Darcy. Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'It is a sort of private novel. In the heroine Anne Elliot, we have glimpses of Austen and what happened to her; the lost romance and the lost youth' Julian Fellowes Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humour, insight and tenderness.

Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA SEGAL The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J. K. Rowling Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness. Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion.

'Jane Austen's Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility' Robert McCrum, Observer Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance. Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AMANDA VICKERY The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal' Virginia Woolf Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her position. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund.

When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area, Henry and Mary Crawford, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before. Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

Jane Austen (and others) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'The best-loved book by our best-loved novelist' Independent Elizabeth Bennet is young, clever and attractive, but her mother is a nightmare and she and her four sisters are in dire need of financial security and escape in the shape of husbands. The arrival of the affable Mr Bingley and arrogant Mr Darcy in the neighbourhoos, both single and in possession of large fortunes, turns all their lives upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry, enmity and love. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility | Pride and Prejudice | Mansfield Park | Emma | Northanger Abbey | Persuasion | Lady Susan Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen.

Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. The seven novels in this volume contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language. Jane Austen The Penguin English Library Edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes ...' When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.

In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. Jane Austen The Penguin English Library Edition of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 'To look almost pretty, is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive' During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.

The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. The Penguin English Library Edition of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny' Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Jane Austen The Penguin English Library Edition of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen "The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!" Jane Austen's novel tells the story of Marianne Dashwood, who 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 behaviour 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. 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. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. It makes me laugh when feminists love Jane Austen because I’m pretty sure she would spit on them. Politely, of course.

It makes me laugh when feminists love Jane Austen because I’m pretty sure she would spit on them. Politely, of course. January 26, 2013 By Janet Bloomfield (aka JudgyBitch) 4 Comments This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of the greatest novel ever written in the English language – Pride and Prejudice. If you have never read this book, you need to drop what you’re doing right now and grab a copy. You don’t even need to pay for it – The Gutenburg Press has a version you can have right now! It’s in the public domain! It’s free! And it’s utterly magnificent, from the first sentence to the last. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man possessed of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Naturally, Jezebel has a piece celebrating the undeniable achievement that is Pride and Prejudice. They venerate this most illustrious author and hold her up as an example of female genius (and god knows there is a shortage of that to be had). Here is a triumph worth celebrating! Oh wait. Nope. That’s not what Jezebel is doing at all.

“Why,” writes sneery Katie Baker, “are women so obsessed with Jane Austen?” I mean after all, all she wrote about was love and marriage, and really, Pride and Prejudice isn’t much different than Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey. Well, other than the complete absence of whips and vampires, that is, but let’s not get fussy. For god’s sake Katie, the entire POINT of Northanger Abbey is to mock the ridiculousness of gothic romance novels! Have you even read Austen? Katie goes on to say that she prefers the Bronte’s dramatic love affairs, and honestly, I’m not surprised. Catherine is a whiny, spoiled, petulant whore who marries for money and Heathcliff is a vindictive, self-absorbed asshole. There’s the dream feminist marriage right there. There seems to be two critical responses from feminists about Jane Austen: She wrote about love and marriage and the importance of family and therefore she sucks She never married, had no children and wrote books instead, therefore she’s awesome Let’s take these apart, shall we? Jane wrote about love, absolutely.

She promoted a version of marriage that was centered on companionship, respect, mutual admiration and above all, love. Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice, muses to her beloved sister Jane, that since Jane is quite the prettiest of all the five Bennet girls, it will fall to her to raise the family’s fortunes by marrying well, and she advises Jane to take care to fall in love with a rich man. Only the deepest love will compel Elizabeth to marriage. Jane has no love at all for ambitious women who seek out husbands solely for what they can provide. Isabella Thorpe tries to nail Captain Tilney AND James Morland in Northanger Abbey and gets a bitter comeuppance for her whorish little ways. In Mansfield Park, Mary Crawford, who expresses delight that the eldest son might die and therefore leave the family’s fortune to Edmund, whom she is hunting, gets a brutal beat down, too. And Jane has no sympathy for male fortune-hunters, either.

In Sense and Sensibility, the grasping, faithless Willoughby is left with a wife whom he hates and a broken heart, all because he ditched Marianne Dashwood in favor of Sophia Grey with her fortune made in trade. Certainly, Jane was writing inside a particular class structure, and that is reflected in her writing, but her insistence that women choose husbands based on love and mutual affection and respect is most decidedly anti-feminist. Women are NOT encouraged to pursue wealth or status or power. Jane denounces those values completely. The only acceptable moral relationship between men and women must be based on love, and I suspect this is what pisses writers like Katie off so badly. The idea that the love for a man should govern a woman’s choices in life. Not her own comforts, not her need for a roof over her head, not her desire to be perceived as successful and accomplished and strategic. Love. In every novel, the heroines face obstacles to their love, but it always triumphs in the end. The one thing that Jane does so well is create a believable happiness.

Anne and Frederick, Fanny and Edmund, Eleanor and Edward, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam, Catherine and Henry, Emma and George – they all end up in relationships that are just so believably happy. You close the book, and you can imagine how the rest of their lives will play out. That is a direct result of accurately portraying love and respect and compatibility. Jane’s men and women do not COMPETE with one another. They complement one another, and find their joy in doing so. Now, let’s take on the second banner feminists tend to wave for our lovely Jane: Jane and her sister Cassandra rejected marriage and children in favor of pursuing literary ambitions and material wealth in the form of royalties from publication. Screw men and children! I want money! Show me the money! Said Jane Austen NEVER. Jane did, in fact, accept and then subsequently reject a proposal of marriage from a man named Harris Bigg-Wither. He had a whole pack of sisters whom Jane loved dearly, and was heir to a very respectable farm and Jane would have lived a life of great comfort and ease. We will never know her exact reason for declining Harris, but if her books are to be taken as evidence, it was because she did not love him.

Tom LeFroy was the man she DID love. Jane wanted to marry Tom, but his family would not allow it. It broke her heart. Jane didn’t reject marriage and family and children – she was actually incredibly close to many of her nieces and nephews and thoroughly enjoyed their company. Jane was not permitted to marry the man she loved, and it appears that she never met another man she could love as much as Tom. There is a bit of a mystery about a man she met in Lyme much later in her life, but as Cassandra destroyed most of Jane’s letters, we will never know. Perhaps she did meet another whom she could love. Either way, Jane did not reject love or marriage. It was denied to her by forces beyond her control, and she never recovered. As for Cassandra, she also accepted a proposal of marriage, but her Tom (Tom Fowle) died in the West Indies before they could marry. Her Tom had gone to make his fortune, but perished of yellow fever, leaving Cassandra a modest amount of money and a thoroughly broken heart. Cassandra’s grief over losing Tom is largely thought to have inspired the quiet dignity of Eleanor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility.

So you see, neither of the Austen sisters rejected love or marriage and it was not possible to reject any subsequent children, nor is there any evidence that either of them were in any way opposed to the idea of having children. Jane was dismayed to hear of friends and family members having twelve children, but in Northanger Abbey she declares the Morlands, with their ten children a fine family, so clearly she wasn’t of the mind that having a lot of children is automatically a horrible thing. Jane Austen is, and always will be, my favorite author in any language. Her characters have a grace and dignity and liveliness and cheerfulness that inspires me daily. In many ways, Jane has been a more important influence on me than any living person. She taught me what a happy life looks like, what kinds of mistakes to avoid, how to deal with overpowering emotions in a mature and principled way (you don’t need to impose your every feeling on those around you) and most of all, she taught me that the only thing that matters in life is love. Here’s to you, Jane! Happy anniversary – 200 years and you’re still fabulous!

Lots of love, SparkNotes: Sense and Sensibility: Overall Analysis and Themes Overall Analysis and Themes Chapters 46-50 Questions for Study The dichotomy between "sense" and "sensibility" is one of the lenses through which this novel is most commonly analyzed. The distinction is most clearly symbolized by the psychological contrast between the novel's two chief characters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. According to this understanding, Elinor, the older sister, represents qualities of "sense": reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed concern for the welfare of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents qualities of "sensibility": emotion, spontaneity, impulsiveness, and rapturous devotion. Whereas Elinor conceals her regard for Edward Ferrars, Marianne openly and unashamedly proclaims her passion for John Willoughby. Their different attitudes toward the men they love, and how to express that love, reflect their opposite temperaments. This dichotomy between "sense" and "sensibility" has cultural and historical resonances as well.

Austen wrote this novel around the turn of the eighteenth century, on the cusp between two cultural movements: Classicism and Romanticism. Elinor represents the characteristics associated with eighteenth-century neo-classicism, including rationality, insight, judgment, moderation, and balance. She never loses sight of propriety, economic practicalities, and perspective, as when she reminds Marianne that their mother would not be able to afford a pet horse or that it is indecorous for her to go alone with Willoughby to Allenham. It was during the Classical period and its accompanying cultural Enlightenment that the novel first developed as a literary genre: thus, with the character of Elinor, Austen gestures toward her predecessors and acknowledges the influence of their legacy on her generation. In contrast, Marianne represents the qualities associated with the emerging "cult of sensibility," embracing romance, imagination, idealism, excess, and a dedication to the beauty of nature: Marianne weeps dramatically when her family must depart from "dear, dear Norland" and willingly offers a lock of her hair to her lover.

Austen's characterization of Marianne reminds us that she was the contemporary of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Walter Scott, the luminaries of the English Romantic literary scene. Austen's depiction of Elinor and Marianne thus reflects the changing literary landscape that served as a backdrop for her life as a writer. However, this novel cannot simply be understood as a straightforward study in contrast. Elinor, though representing sense, does not lack passion, and Marianne, though representing sensibility, is not always foolish and headstrong. Austen's antitheses do not represent epigrammatic conclusions but a starting- point for dialogue. Although Austen is famous for satirizing the "cult of sensibility," in this novel she seems to argue not for the dismissal of sensibility but for the creation of a balance between reason and passion. Fanny Dashwood's violent outbreak of feeling towards the end of the novel reveals that too little feeling is as dangerous as too much. Both Elinor and Marianne achieve happiness at the end of the novel, but they do so only by learning from one another: together they discover how to feel and express their sentiments fully while also retaining their dignity and self-control.

The novel's success is not a result of the triumph of sense over sensibility or of their division; rather, we remember Sense and Sensibility as a conjunction of terms that serve together as the compound subject of Austen's novel. More Help Sense and Sensibility (1995) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites.

Director: a list of 44 titles created 29 Apr 2011 a list of 22 titles created 02 Jun 2011 a list of 22 images created 03 Oct 2012 a list of 17 titles created 01 May 2014 a list of 36 titles created 19 May 2014 Title: Sense and Sensibility (1995) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 45 nominations. See more awards » Videos Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Director: Joe Wright Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series 1995) Drama | Romance Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.

Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman. Director: Julian Jarrold In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman. Director: Douglas McGrath Northanger Abbey (TV Movie 2007) Drama | Romance A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart. Director: Jon Jones Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her... See full summary » Stars: Romola Garai, Michael Gambon, Jonny Lee Miller A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret. Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside ...

See full summary » Director: Adrian Shergold At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral ... See full summary » Director: Patricia Rozema A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. Director: Saul Dibb Sense & Sensibility (TV Mini-Series 2008) Drama | Romance Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in ... See full summary » Stars: Dominic Cooper, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan Jane Eyre (TV Mini-Series 2006) Drama | Romance A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever. Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne Edit Storyline When Mr.

Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery John Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. Written by Kathy Li Lose your heart and come to your senses. Genres: Rated PG for mild thematic elements | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 26 January 1996 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Sensatez y sentimientos See more » Filming Locations: £5,043,343 (UK) (15 March 1996) Gross: Did You Know?

Trivia The sheer dotted muslin gown Kate Winslet , (Marianne Dashwood), wears during the lawn bowling scene at Barton Park is the same costume Charity Wakefield (Marianne Dashwood) wears at Norland Park in Sense & Sensibility (2008). The costume is also worn by Amelia Warner (Fanny Price, age 17) in Mansfield Park (1999) and by Jennifer Higham (Louisa Musgrove) at Uppercross in Persuasion (2007). See more » Goofs The film is set around 1810 (the original novel was published in 1811). There are a pack of dogs, one of them a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, near a gate. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers were developed in the early 19th century to lure waterfowl. The purebreds originated in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever was not introduced to the UK until the 1980s, and was not fully developed as a breed anywhere in 1810.

This dog is not a golden retriever, as can be evidenced by the smaller stature, the orange/red fur and the white markings on the chest and nose. See more » Quotes Lucy : It is a very great secret. I've told nobody in the world for fear of discovery. Fanny : [greedily] I am the soul of discretion. Lucy : If I dared tell... Fanny : I can assure you, I'm as silent as the grave. [Lucy whispers in Fanny's ear; Fanny's kindly disposition changes abruptly] Fanny : [turning against Lucy, enraged and horrified] Viper in my bosom! End title performance by Jane Eaglen Courtesy of SONY CLASSICAL (Copenhagen, Denmark) – See all my reviews I saw this movie in a cinema back in 1996 and since that June I have seen it about a dozen times. It is true, that being an ardent lover of the so-called Romantic (as if the 13th century couldn't be Romantic or 17th, but these things are academic nonsense) period I can enjoy even minor pieces of period cinema, however this is most probably the best film set in the early 19th century.

Although it centers on the relationship of the two sisters and their respective romantic relationships, it also seems to be a salute to the period itself in its precise description of the English country society. It is truthful to Jane Austen's novel, but Emma Thompson's script is fine in its own right, with many omissions and additions to the novel. The acting is superb, Kate Winslet as the typical Romantic dreamer (sensibility) is breathtaking (try not to be moved when her character wanders in the rain to see the house of her beloved and when she whispers half-deranged: 'Willoughby, Willoughby, Willoughby.') is perfect as is Emma Thompson as the rational but equally tormented older sister(sense). Greg Wise is perfect as the dashing semi-Byronic hero Willoughby and Allan Rickman as the mellow Brandon. To say nothing of the art direction, the music or the fantastic image composition. I would recommend everyone with some sort of emotional subtlety to see this film, for the story, the wit, the period and the imagery. 113 of 127 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes 1000+ images about British Drama on Pinterest | Eleanor tomlinson, Keira knightley and Season premiere SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (2008) (PG) ~Not sure which version I like best... but this was a great version anyway! :) One inappropriate scene in the beginning... but is easily skipped over~ See More Jane Austen, Myers-Briggs, & My First Time Reading Sense and Sensibility | Parchment Girl Jane Austen, Myers-Briggs, & My First Time Reading Sense and Sensibility Buy from Amazon | Add to Goodreads 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 behaviour 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. Through their parallel experience of love–and it’s 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.

I mentioned in a previous post that I balked at the idea of reading Austen for many years based on my experience with film adaptations of her works, which, at the time, I found to be too romanticized for my taste. I finally decided to give it a go and as it turns out my previous notions about Austen were entirely misguided. Years ago when I watched some of the film adaptations, I was not able to pick up on the subtle irony that makes her work so enjoyable. I will be re-watching and reviewing all available adaptations soon, so I will wait to comment on them further until then. Psychoanalyzing Jane Austen What changed my mind about reading Austen’s novels? I recently read that Austen was an INTJ (that’s Myers-Briggs speak for Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging—one of sixteen personality types). An INTJ myself, and knowing how unusual it can be to encounter other female INTJs, I became much more interested in her work. As I read, I quickly realized Elinor is an INTJ too. It’s not surprising that Austen would create a protagonist similar to herself so early in her writing career.

Austen also reveals her dominant rational side in the way she delivers heightened scenes of emotion second-hand, encouraging readers to examine situations objectively (my paraphrase of Ros Ballaster’s words in his introduction). My Review I would expect no less from an INTJ than a complex and engaging plot, full of twists and turns. Sense and Sensibility lacks for nothing in that department. Even my familiarity with the story did not make it any less of a page-turner. I love Austen’s writing style, wit, and almost imperceptible sarcasm. My favorite line in the book is when Elinor thinks Willoughby, upon reading his final letter to Marianne, to be “deep in hardened villainy.” I also appreciate her vocabulary, full of delicious words like sagacious, parsimony, and sedulous, which inspired me to create a Pinterest board dedicated to vocabulary enrichment. Elinor, of course, is the character I most identify with.

(I could not help thinking though, that if Anne Shirley were to visit the world of Sense and Sensibility she would comment that Eleanor with the ea is so much more alluring than Elinor with just an i.) I always enjoy characters with comically exaggerated qualities (one of the reasons I love Dickens so much), so Mrs. Jennings and Sir John Middleton are also favorites. My Analysis of the Original Introduction (Read: The Boring Part) As much as I loved the story, my favorite part of the book was actually the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner, tacked onto the end just before the emendations appendix. I read the introduction at the beginning of the book as I usually do and almost skipped this one. Thankfully my obsessive compulsiveness about reading books cover to cover kicked in or I might have missed a brilliant analysis of the novel. It was so good that I broke my rule about marking up books and liberally underlined my way through it. The rest of this post will more or less be a response to this introduction. Sense vs. Sensibility Tanner begins by defending Sense and Sensibility against the critique of Austen scholar Walton Litz, who argues that Austen’s use of antithesis (sense vs.

sensibility) is the book’s primary weakness because it “make[s] against the flexibility, and that sense of the unclassifiable in people and their actions, which are desirable in a novel.” This use of antithesis was common in eighteenth-century moralistic fiction and—as a layperson unfamiliar with British literature from that time—I find it rather quaint. Tanner acknowledges that Litz’s point is valid, but moves beyond it saying that, “in regarding Sense and Sensibility as an eighteenth-century matrix containing, as it were, the embryo of a nineteenth-century novel which struggles but fails to be born, I think we miss a lot that the book actually contains.” He goes on to say, The fact that Marianne has plenty of sense and Elinor is by no means devoid of sensibility should alone convince us that Jane Austen was already enough of a novelist to know that nothing comes unmixed, that qualities which may exist in pure isolation as abstractions only occur within people in combination, perhaps in confusion, with other qualities, in configurations which can be highly problematical.

This point is interesting to me because, as an INTJ, Austen was no doubt fascinated by this antithesis as a purely abstract idea, even while acknowledging that it does not exist that way in reality. Referencing the exchange between Marianne and Edward in volume 1, chapter 16 about the landscape, wherein Marianne admires the grandeur of it (sensibility) and Edward notices only the dirtiness of it (sense), Tanner writes that Austen “could see that there was ‘grandeur’ as well as ‘dirt’ in the natural scene, and a delight in nature only slightly more moderate than Marianne’s is in evidence throughout Jane Austen’s work. Tanner later says, It is abundantly clear that she put quite as much of herself into Marianne as into Elinor, so from one point of view we can imagine this to be a psychological parable written partly at least for her own benefit—the two sisters adding up to one divided self. Tanner’s hypothesis that Austen used Sense and Sensibility as a vehicle to self-analyze, whether consciously or unconsciously, makes a lot of sense. She detached herself from her own complexities and projected them onto the page.

In so doing, she was able to anatomize and categorize the different aspects of her personality, making them easier to examine objectively (a very INTJ thing to do). Screening vs. Screaming Following his analysis of the novel’s primary antithesis, Tanner moves on to the core of the introduction, juxtaposing the themes of screening and screaming, which appear frequently throughout the book. When influenced by strong emotion, Marianne usually reacts violently (screaming). On the other hand, Elinor rarely betrays her feelings and regularly covers for Marianne when her outbursts offend others (screening). Presenting both characters in a way that elicits empathy from readers, Austen demonstrates her understanding and even admiration for those able to express their inner selves without reservation. Still, she is a rational. Tanner concludes— …while she saw with unsparing clarity just how much cruelty, repression and malice the social forms made possible, how much misery they generated, she knew that a world in which everyone was totally sincere, telling always the truth for the sake of their own feelings and never any lies for the feelings of others, would be simply an anarchy, everybody’s personal ‘form’ cancelling out everybody else’s.

The INTJ is very private and has little regard for social conventions. In this age of TMI, those two characteristics don’t contradict each other. In Austen’s day, disregarding social convention meant speaking honestly. And so we witness Elinor (and through her, Austen) desiring a release from archaic social structures, yet unwilling to betray her true feelings to achieve that end. The End Tanner spends the last few pages of the introduction puzzling over the way Austen concludes Marianne’s story—which he considers to be the weakest part of the book. He says, “It is as though Jane Austen had gone out of her way to show that romantic feelings are utterly non-viable in society.” I think that’s a little extreme. I think that Austen is striving for a sense of balance as Elinor, the rational one, achieves the ideal she didn’t think possible and Marianne, the idealist, finds happiness in a relationship anchored in common sense.

Tanner, too, believes that Austen was seeking balance with Marianne’s ending, but he takes a dimmer view of it, saying, “Her energy is sacrificed to the overriding geometry.” Perhaps, but I don’t see that as a bad thing, especially considering how much Austen indulges Marianne’s flights of fancy throughout the book. The ending is Austen asserting her rational side, and it’s rather fun to watch. Of course, I also think Mary should have married Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey, so you might want to ignore my opinion on this one. The Bottom Line I have a great many more thoughts on the subject, but it is beyond the scope of this review, which is too long as it is. In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed Sense and Sensibility. If you’re already a Jane Austen fan but haven’t read Tony Tanner’s introduction, I highly recommend doing so. It greatly enriched my experience with the novel. Have you read Sense and Sensibility? What did you think?

Question: Which Jane Austin novel is about the affairs of the heart of Eleanor and Marianne Daswood?
Answer: Sense and Sensibility