Sense and Sensibility

I read this one for a new book club, that I have yet to get to. This time I failed to make it because my car blew a radiator hose and I was unable to make the drive. But I finished the book!

I don't actively seek out Jane Austen because the romantic goo is not up my alley. I want to say that if you go back and re-read any of my Austen reviews, I'll say the same. Usually something has to prod me to read her books.

Jane Austen? Why I go so far as...read more

Ah! I loved this book! ^.^

This is my first Austen book, and it's a favorite of mine. I found Marianne at first to be insufferable, but as the book progressed--I realized she was a typical young girl experiencing the world around here. And Lovely Elinor, nothing escapes her gaze.

It's a slow burner, and taking the time to read through the typos, word-language that is different 200 years into the future can make reading this book longer than usual. But I'm all the better fo...read more

A classic Jane Austen novel in the trials and tribulations of love from a female perspective in the 1800s. The struggle to survive and uphold family reputation without a paternal figure in the family.

Of course I love the book, what more praise could I possibly heap on Jane Austen. Julie Christie's narration only added to the beauty of this tale about the various qualities of emotional pain.