Sense and Sensibility (dramatization)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602833141 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. --Alix Wilber. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. 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. Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though she initially cal
Felicia J said 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 exp. 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 n. 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
When the widowed Mrs. Dashwood and her family are forced to move to a small cottage in the country, two very different sisters experience their first taste of love with wildly different ramifications. The impetuous Marianne falls madly in love with the handsome but duplicitous John Willoughby, whose abrupt departure for London shatters her dreams. Staid Elinors dream of a marriage to Edward Ferrers also suffers a severe setback forcing her to face a life of spinsterhood. As the girls attempt to rebuild their lives, faces from the past return to haunt them, with unexpectedly joyous results. Jane Austens classic tale of loves sought and thwarted, won and lost is an indisputable classic of world literature.