Sense and Sensibility is a British romance novel by Jane Austen. Jane Austen is considered a pioneer of the romance genre of novels, and for the realism portrayed in her novels, is one the most widely read writers in English literature. A work of romantic fiction, Sense and Sensibility portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The sisters are starkly different from each other; Elinor is the epitome of prudence and self-control while Marianne embodies emotion and enthusiasm. Elinor, Marianne, and their younger sister, Margaret, are left in reduced circumstances when their father dies and his estate is passed onto their half-brother, John. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meager cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.
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Whilst I didn't enjoy this one as much as Pride and Prejudice, I've still always loved Sense and Sensibility and the story it tells. Elinor is a pillar of strength, she'd do anything for her family and puts everybody else's needs above her own. She swallows down her disappointment at the turn her romantic endeavours take and pushes on, although she is clearly very much heartbroken.
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