![]() But as I kept rereading it, I started to realise that it is actually a very dark novel, probably the darkest of Jane Austen’s novels. There is a good sister and a bad sister, and the bad sister gets reformed and everybody lives happily ever after. I started off with a sense of Sense and Sensibility as a rather stereotypical novel – very much like a lot of 18th-century novels that I’ve read. I am currently writing a book about rereading, so I’m thinking a lot about what happens when you reread things. ![]() But I’m fascinated by it, because it has changed shape over the years for me as I reread it. ![]() I wouldn’t even say that I loved it as much as I loved Northanger Abbey, which I didn’t put on the list. Sense and Sensibility is a different kind of choice from the others. Foreign Policy & International Relationsĭo you want to start by telling me what you love about Sense and Sensibility?. ![]()
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