A review by mitskacir
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

4.0

(Audiobook reading by Rosamund Pike is fantastic) This is my fourth Austen book and I found it to be a mix of the others: Elinor's love-hopes dashed-love again storyline was similar to Persuasion, Willoughby reminded me of Wickam from Pride and Prejudice, and the judgement the sisters held for each other's beaus reminded me of Emma. As her first book, it seems like she took aspects from S&S and elaborated on them for her other works. While P&P and Emma I think were more successful and humorous (Persuasion, not so much), it is always interesting to read an author's early works and see how it influences later ones. Out of all of them though, I think S&S was the most successful at illuminating the relationship between money and misogyny through Willoughby. **SPOILERS** Because of Willoughby's financial priorities, we see him break his own heart by leaving and mistreating the woman he loves. This is in contrast with Edward, who forgoes his fortune to fulfill his promise to a woman he no longer loves in order to show her respect and commitment, and to preserve his own honor.