One of the many exciting things about this story is the many layers. Jane Austen brings to life the lives of these two sisters, their families, lovers and friends. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood represent sense and sensibility. I enjoyed discussing the book with the 18th century book club, but I wished we had touched more on all of the relationships in the story. This was a real page turner for me I couldn’t wait to see how the story ends.
Austen gives us her perception and a quick look of upper and middle-class English society. After their father dies and leaves all his money to a brother from his first wife, the sisters and their mother are left with no home and very little income. The three sisters and their mother find a new home at Barton Park and begin to rebuild their lives and discover that they can be happy with less money in a new town. But the fun really begins when Elinor meets Colonel Brandon and Marianne is rescued by John Willoughby after she sprains her ankle.
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