by Jane Austen
Austen’s first novel may be less widely read than Pride & Prejudice, but is no less satisfying; perhaps even a bit more because its heroines are so endearingly flawed. When they are left without a home after the death of their father, Marianne & Elinor Dashwood must make a new life with their mother and younger sister in more modest surroundings. The tempestuous Marianne is a poetry-quoting free spirit who falls in love with the handsome, seemingly perfect Mr. Willoughby, while the wise and restrained Elinor becomes deeply attached to a man whose family disapproves of her inferior social status. Both sisters must navigate the expectations and obstacles of 19th-century England as they struggle to find their place in the world.
--Corrie
Austen’s first novel may be less widely read than Pride & Prejudice, but is no less satisfying; perhaps even a bit more because its heroines are so endearingly flawed. When they are left without a home after the death of their father, Marianne & Elinor Dashwood must make a new life with their mother and younger sister in more modest surroundings. The tempestuous Marianne is a poetry-quoting free spirit who falls in love with the handsome, seemingly perfect Mr. Willoughby, while the wise and restrained Elinor becomes deeply attached to a man whose family disapproves of her inferior social status. Both sisters must navigate the expectations and obstacles of 19th-century England as they struggle to find their place in the world.
--Corrie
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