Austen

BRLSI Big Read: Sense & Sensibility

Led by Penelope Ruddock

Sign up for the BRLSI Big Read on Sense & Sensibility, the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be published. The novel explores how the contemporary ideals of ‘sense’ and ‘sensibility’ (rationality as opposed to romanticism) affect the conduct and love affairs of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Austen’s empathy and wit make this an…