"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 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."
Dana says: This
was the last of the Jane Austen novels I still had left to read. I can
tell I am improving at reading Austen and understanding her more than I
would have a few years ago. This book was about as good as Manchester
Park but I did not enjoy it nearly as much as Northanger Abbey, which
had me laughing out loud, or P & P which is one of the two best love
stories in all of fiction. What was a little hard for me in this
particular book is that I didn't really care for any of the characters. I
especially found Marianne annoying. After finishing it I listened to
Jerram Barrs class on it (Covenant Seminary- Tea with Jane Austen) which
was really good and opened my eyes to things in the book that I didn't
notice on my own.
The Ladies' Book Club was not crazy about this book.
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