Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)

Rating:
Summary: Best of Austen
Review: I know many people think Pride and Prejudice is Austen's best work and that Emma is everyone's favorite. But, for me, this one is both her best and my favorite. With this book I think Austen covers nearly all the issues that her other books individually concentrate on - for instance, a woman can't inherit any money, yet she also can't have a job, the marriage hierarchy, people marry for security not for love, influences of marriage and what makes the final decision. All the other Austen books discuss these issues specifically, but here the reader is confronted with them all at once. Beautiful book - and great for a book club - it generates a lot of thoughts and questions.

Rating:
Summary: Best of Austen
Review: I know many people think Pride and Prejudice is Austen's best work and that Emma is everyone's favorite. But, for me, this one is both her best and my favorite. With this book I think Austen covers nearly all the issues that her other books individually concentrate on - for instance, a woman can't inherit any money, yet she also can't have a job, the marriage hierarchy, people marry for security not for love, influences of marriage and what makes the final decision. All the other Austen books discuss these issues specifically, but here the reader is confronted with them all at once. Beautiful book - and great for a book club - it generates a lot of thoughts and questions.