Comments on: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sat, 30 May 2026 01:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550&cpage=1#comment-7060 girldetective Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:44:34 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550#comment-7060 She died in her mid forties. The ending of S & S reminded me of the end of Little Women, in which Jo married the older Professor Behr. Alcott also possibly preferred women, so adding a conventional marriage to a non-sexual male was her way of deferring to the demands of the reading public. S & S, with its double marriage to two non threatening, non handsome men, strikes me as similar. She died in her mid forties. The ending of S & S reminded me of the end of Little Women, in which Jo married the older Professor Behr. Alcott also possibly preferred women, so adding a conventional marriage to a non-sexual male was her way of deferring to the demands of the reading public. S & S, with its double marriage to two non threatening, non handsome men, strikes me as similar.

]]> By: Heather http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550&cpage=1#comment-7034 Heather Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550#comment-7034 Well, that pretty much summed up my thoughts on S&S vs P&P. I just did not enjoy it, which disappoints me as it was my first book for the Summer Reading Challenge. Well, that pretty much summed up my thoughts on S&S vs P&P. I just did not enjoy it, which disappoints me as it was my first book for the Summer Reading Challenge.

]]> By: Sydney http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550&cpage=1#comment-7022 Sydney Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:41:43 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=550#comment-7022 I read both of these books last summer, and discussed them at length in my fab book group. If I remember correctly, Jane Austin was, like, 18 when she wrote this? I agree that S & S lacked the character development that P & P had. But Austin was a reported to be a closet lesbian, and I believe as she got older, she had less concern about actual pride, predjudice, sense and sensibility in her own life. I think she 'came out' in a way, with her writing as she matured. I also think that she died very young? I read both of these books last summer, and discussed them at length in my fab book group. If I remember correctly, Jane Austin was, like, 18 when she wrote this? I agree that S & S lacked the character development that P & P had. But Austin was a reported to be a closet lesbian, and I believe as she got older, she had less concern about actual pride, predjudice, sense and sensibility in her own life. I think she ‘came out’ in a way, with her writing as she matured.

I also think that she died very young?

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