Comments | nwhyte: February Books 11) Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen

nwhyte

February Books 11) Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen

Feb 11, 2009 23:54

I saw a deeply excoriating review of this novel on my f-list in the last week - apologies for not linking, but I am writing this in the Channel Tunnel. I wouldn't be quite so harsh; it was Austen's first novel, and she has not managed to quite get the trick of interesting plot or characters, but it's not actually bad in my view. But I must admit I ( Read more... )

writer: jane austen, bookblog 2009

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hells_librarian February 11 2009, 23:30:11 UTC

It's heresy, but the movie with Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) and Kate Winslet is more entertaining.

lasultrix February 12 2009, 02:40:49 UTC

Heresy I've heard quite a few times. (Haven't seen the film; didn't like the book.) The main reason behind the heresy seems to be that there's an actual hint that Marianne might have the tiniest bit of attraction to Brandon in the film. I was quite disgusted by the suggestion of coercion (something about Marianne not being able to stand against such a confederacy?) in the end of S&S.

inulro February 12 2009, 08:41:53 UTC

You've done better than me - I'm violently allergic to all things Jane Austen.

strange_complex February 12 2009, 10:23:42 UTC

a deeply excoriating review of this novel

I'm interested to know whether you mean mine here. I'd thought it was merely lukewarm, but maybe it came across as more cutting than I'd intended!

nwhyte February 12 2009, 12:27:00 UTC

Yes, that's the one! Yeah, perhaps it's not as harsh as I implied - blame my fuzzy head when writing this first thing in the morning on Eurostar!

Satire too strong for the characters? kelvix February 13 2009, 12:30:55 UTC

Havn't read this one for a while - I think Emma is my least favourite. I admit that Rickman's face is the one I see when I read about Brandon though ( ... )