In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England's premier noverlist of manners. Believing that "3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on," she created a brillant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters...
In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England's premier noverlist of manners. Believing that "3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on," she created a brillant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters into the schems and manipulations of landed gentry determined to marry wisely and well. Neither sense nor sensibility can guarantee happiness for either--as romantic Marianne falls prey to a dangerous rascal, and reasonable Elinor loses her heart to a gentleman already engaged. Wonderfully entertaining yet subtle and probing in its characterizations, Sense and Sensibility richly displays the supreme artistry of a great English novelist.
"A woman of seven and twenty, " said Marianne, after pausing a moment, "can never hope to feel or inspire affection again, and if her home be uncomfortable, or her fortune small, I can suppose that she might bring herself to submit to the offices of a nurse, for the sake of the provision and security of a wife. In his marrying such a woman therefore there would be nothing unsuitable. It would be a compact of convenience, and the world would be satisfied. In my eyes it would be no marriage at all, but that would be nothing. To me it would seem only a commercial exchange, in which each wished to be benefited at the expense of the other. " (查看原文)
It is a truth universally acknowledged ,that anyone existing in the world will be caught in an ineluctable dilemma, where you hesitate in the face of sense and sensibility. Actually, whenever l meets such crossroads, l naturally think of Jane Austen, an out...
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0 有用 小怪兽 2015-05-30 14:18:56
Elinor,my heart will always be yours.
1 有用 sgt.fuzzy 2011-10-05 23:23:13
长句,长句~一句话包含的信息量好大。Can i write something like these?
3 有用 八千年美少年 2014-07-11 10:59:51
挺无聊的一本书 JA的用词挺好的 但这一句句也太绕了 不过那个willoughby真是个混蛋啊 最后他试图自我洗白那一章看得真是气死了
1 有用 金笑笑 2017-08-04 00:29:15
翻过了简小姐这座大山,读其他小说都如履平地2333
1 有用 mùmò 2012-08-19 21:08:17
so-so plots, delicate language
0 有用 resonantbody 2024-03-20 11:55:43 美国
太 太 太狗血了……
0 有用 纳塔纳埃尔 2023-12-20 11:15:05 上海
好!读完了!
0 有用 蛙皆鸭 2023-09-05 10:26:03 浙江
还是幽默的(喜欢看大自然,下大雨摔个跤也能天降爱人);邻居神烦,c21奥斯汀小姐终于和我一起吐槽了;太好笑了;好像性格突出、具独立思考与爱好的姑娘的爱情在奥笔下都有些艰辛;被w气死;一些行文仍不好读,但用词依旧精到;邻居还是蛮感动的,无形之中指正我的偏见;读到一半发现阅读期待有偏差,导致自己觉得前半部分冗长,但并非如此:感觉ss无pp那么浪漫,因放大了各阶级女性之间、婚姻、金钱中微妙紧张的矛盾,前... 还是幽默的(喜欢看大自然,下大雨摔个跤也能天降爱人);邻居神烦,c21奥斯汀小姐终于和我一起吐槽了;太好笑了;好像性格突出、具独立思考与爱好的姑娘的爱情在奥笔下都有些艰辛;被w气死;一些行文仍不好读,但用词依旧精到;邻居还是蛮感动的,无形之中指正我的偏见;读到一半发现阅读期待有偏差,导致自己觉得前半部分冗长,但并非如此:感觉ss无pp那么浪漫,因放大了各阶级女性之间、婚姻、金钱中微妙紧张的矛盾,前文的冗余让人物刻画更深刻、现实;姐妹与母女情深;通过多对理智与情感的(互补/制衡)关系表现,在对过度理智与情感的社会讽刺中诉说了一段真心唤醒真心却为时已晚的爱情,c44看哭了;读书必须有耐心啊 (展开)
0 有用 小猫 2022-06-03 11:42:34
这个情节怎么说呢…可能和傲慢与偏见太相似了?
0 有用 苍梧二司 2022-05-25 10:48:31
感性傲慢的Marianne不断任性索取,成熟聪慧的Elinor不断隐忍付出。前者什么都没做就得到colonel Brandon沉稳而长久的爱意,我不能理解这种痴情。Marianne除了做伸手党无一擅长,她在书中最后的转变也不会长久。一改往日贫穷的家境,谁又不会被财富改变初心呢?而这所谓的初心不是什么了不起的真诚和直白,只是一种廉价的自私和愚蠢的毫无自知之明。最喜欢Elinor。作者塑造人物确实很有... 感性傲慢的Marianne不断任性索取,成熟聪慧的Elinor不断隐忍付出。前者什么都没做就得到colonel Brandon沉稳而长久的爱意,我不能理解这种痴情。Marianne除了做伸手党无一擅长,她在书中最后的转变也不会长久。一改往日贫穷的家境,谁又不会被财富改变初心呢?而这所谓的初心不是什么了不起的真诚和直白,只是一种廉价的自私和愚蠢的毫无自知之明。最喜欢Elinor。作者塑造人物确实很有一套,内容繁多但文笔流畅。 (展开)