Comments on: book club for july: sense and sensibility http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/ ensuring my family is well-read, well-bred, and well-fed Thu, 16 May 2013 04:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: tabitha http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11990 tabitha Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:35:43 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-11990 I LOVE that book, well really all of JA’s books. LOVE them.

Tab

]]> By: angela@spinachtiger http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9976 angela@spinachtiger Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:17:46 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9976 I finished the book and loved it. What stood out to me most was not the necessary “money” for the proper match, but the meanness and greed that goes along with it. I was happy to see that Elinor and Marianne never slighted their brother for being so henned in by his wife and not giving them what he had promised. Money or not, character still mattered here. I think I was very much a Marianne when I was younger and I ended up like her too,marrying someone that would be so good for her. I can’t wait to rent the movie now.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9830 Leslie Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:10:52 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9830 I LOVE Jane Austen! Definitely, one of my favorite authors growing up. Even though I feel like most people enjoy Pride and Prejudice and name that their favorite Austen book, I’d have to say mine is Sense and Sensibility. I’m not half as frustrated by the characters.

L
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]]> By: Joy http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9826 Joy Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:26:11 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9826 This is one of the books I have been meaning to read but never did.

]]> By: Jaime {sophistimom} http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9825 Jaime {sophistimom} Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:57:20 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9825 Great comment, Jessie! I like what she said about daring. I wager to think I would be more like Elinor had I lived in her day. I wouldn’t have been as quiet, though. I’m sure I would have complained about what I couldn’t have changed.

As a teenager, in a time when daring is more acceptable for girls, I was definitely Marianne, though. I never hid my feelings.

]]> By: Jessie http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9820 Jessie Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:21:39 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9820 In college I didnt have cable, so I watched the movie Sense & Sensibility along with the book over and over for at least a year. I am pretty sure I have the entire thing memorized. So this is a great pick for me obviously. Am I supposed to respond to your prompt questions here btw? I will for now unless you say otherwise.
I say yes Marianne seems more sympathetic than Elinor because she dares. And in our present culture, there are a lot of us girls who sympathize because we dare. We dare to get our education, choose our own paths, and even take authority over men in some situations. I think I am a Marianne:).

]]> By: Jaime {sophistimom} http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9810 Jaime {sophistimom} Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:27:34 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9810 The voting came up a few days ago on my facebook page. :)

]]> By: angela@spinachtiger http://www.sophistimom.com/sense-and-sensibility/comment-page-1/#comment-9797 angela@spinachtiger Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:54:25 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=3381#comment-9797 Oh I’m so happy there is a yet another book to read that has been on my list for years. When did the voting come up?

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