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Reeth Ratan asked this question about Sense and Sensibility:
This book is awfully bad when compared to other Jane Austen books. Colone is never described well. Elinor is a fool to choose Ferrars after he caused her so much pain and Brandon a 36-year-old man, marries the dear little girl Marianne who is Just 17. To me that's pedophilia. She is a literal minor and he is a grown, man. Why do even readers like it?
MissKitty Marianne is 19 by the time she marries Colonel Brandon, and we are made to understand that she has matured considerably precisely because of the heart…moreMarianne is 19 by the time she marries Colonel Brandon, and we are made to understand that she has matured considerably precisely because of the heartbreak she has experienced. Also, their age gap is the norm for those times. (less)
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