Sense and Sensibility: a Novel

Jane Austen

Jan 1833 · Richard Bentley

Ratings and reviews

It was interesting but also controversial... Elinor is vain, arrogant and seems concerned with only her own interests... Colonel Brandon interest in Marianne seems creepy (he was 35 when she was just 16) also the way he talks of Marianne being similar to his old lover feels like he is just using Marianne as a replacement... Marianne's ending is so sad she's given away as a trophy to Colonel Brandon and she seems to be like a doormat with no confidence in her own opinions

Many characters other than the first two Dashwood sisters aren't that well-written. But Marianne is so brilliantly told that even I really disliked her characters for the most part of the book, until she finally learns a thing or two.

The story is simple but beautifully expressed. Reading it was like living through the domestic struggles of our protagonist Elinor Dashwood. How, a woman must behave in medieval times is still relevant today. And hence the entire story can easily be related to this century.