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Book Review By Amanda Wesley
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Elinor and Marianna are two sisters with greatly differing views on love and marriage. Elinor declares it is better to marry for money and position within one's class than it is to marry for love while Marianna claims mariage should only be in the cause of love.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle

Writing Style
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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