Monatsarchive: Oktober 2019

Sense & Sensibility – Jane Austen

This version includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created. To contend, however, for a moment that the present volume is Miss Austen’s greatest, as it was her first published, novel, would be a mere exercise in paradox. There are, who swear by “Persuasion;” there are, who prefer “Emma” and ” Mansfield Park ;” there is a large contingent for “Pride and Prejudice;” and there is even a section which advocates the pre-eminence of ”Northanger Abbey.” But no one, as far as we can remember, has ever put “Sense and Sensibility” first, nor can I believe that its author did so herself. And yet it is she herself … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...