Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility

The first published novel of the author Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility has been applauded for its insight into ethics and social vision. Sense and Sensibility’s meaning behind its title comes from the two main characters of the book, Elinor expresses the “sense” half of the title while Marianne embodies the “sensibility”. But why the redundancy? When Austen penned the novel two centuries ago, sensibility didn’t mean practical or sensible (as in today’s definitions), its meaning translated more amongst the lines of sensitive. Jane Austen (also known as the pseudonym “By A Lady”) was born in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England on December 16, 1775. She never married nor had any children but is known for her writings. Her parents, George

She then heavily revised and changed the format from epolistary to a third person narrative, it was published in 1811 by Thomas Egerton under the pseudonym “By a Lady”. The 19th century was a bustling time period for politics and literature alike, empires were breaking apart, changes in social class awareness and standings , and new political practices all brought change to the modern world in new levels. In the essence of literature, the 19th century showed a change in style called “realism”. This new style favored to depict the contemporary world that the author lived in and day to day struggles or issues through their novel. Jane Austen is known for being a realistic novelist with very precise style. Sense and Sensibility is a fictional romance novel with a precise realistic style. Romance novels are known for their primary focus on the relationship and love between two

Feeling anxious and not understanding why her love will not look at her, Marianne approaches Willoughby who thus immediately dismisses her, when she asks him if he has received her letters he callously states that he did but he never found her at home when he had attempted to reply. Shocked and shot with grief, Marianne can do nothing but go home and thrall in her depression. She receives a letter from Willoughby that is along the lines of you come from a great family and I’m sorry that you thought something was between us, here’s the letters you’ve sent me, and the lock of hair you gave to me. This crushes Marianne and is ultimately the turning point of the novel, here is where Marianne begins her spiral into a deep depression that causes her to nearly die of grief, all the while Elinor (who also is heartbroken but doesn’t have the luxury of expressing her anguish, she’s too proper for that) supports her and takes care of her while she struggles to overcome the heartbreak that she has experienced. Marianne slowly gets better and after a while can collect upon Colonel Brandon (friend of the Middletons who had been in love with her even while she was in love with Willoughby) who is trying to slowly and steadily win her over. Edward Ferrars attempts to marry Lucy Steele who