Now, at work I've had a lot of conversations with customers about Jane Austen and it seems to be very much a love or hate kind of thing. I myself was borderline but reading Sense and Sensibility has fully converted me. How could you not love it? These books were pretty much the invention of chick lit.
Anyway, I fully enjoyed the book. It was much funnier than I expected; gave me a new respect for Ms Austen's wit. I particularly liked the contrast in the personalities of the two sisters, and the various themes of knowing/unknowing that run through the book - people believing they know the truth, when the truth is completely different. It happens a lot.
I get the sense from her writing that she put a lot of herself and the people around her into her novels - I don't know why, it's not based on anything, it's just my impression. As such it somehow comforted me to know that some guys were still wankers even back in the day. Or at least had wanker potential. Also I was amused to recognize in the malicious character of Lucy a girl I knew in high school. Nice to know some things never change.....probably part of the reason Austen's books are still beloved by so many.
That timeless quality.
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