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Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Start date: June 1, 2024

Finish date: June 29, 2024

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Old School Classic Group Read, February 2014
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Jan 30, 2016 Winter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024-read, 2016-read, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, absolute-all-time-favorites, 2023-read

2024:
5 Stars

This novel has grown on me so much. I absolutely adore this story and I root for the relationships they end up with in the end. I always debate whether I love this or P&P more, but in the end maybe there isn’t a good answer, maybe it’s both, but for different reason. S&S is more quiet, but I find the sisters very relatable and Colonel Brandon is my favorite suitor in Austen overall I think. Just a lovely homey read.

2023 Re-Read:
4 Stars

My second re-read of this lovely novel. I still ...more

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Feb 26, 2010 Amnicon rated it it was ok

Shelves: kindle, 2016

Way back in January I started reading "Sense and Sensibility." I put it down for several months and picked it up again a couple months ago and have been reading it in snippits. I don't care for for this book. I read cliff notes to help me. It took me a long time to keep track of who was saying what. I feel like I went through a 12-step program trying to figure out what it was about this book that I didn't like

Now I can say, with the utmost confidence, that I *have* read Jane Austen, and that I a ...more

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