What a blast it was re-reading
Sense and sensibility after more than 30 years. Jane Austen was never an assigned author in my high school or college classes, but I picked up
Pride and Prejudice at a used book sale and loved it. Following that good experience, I read through
S&S,
Mansfield Park,
Emma,
Northanger Abbey,
and Persuasion. Somehow I missed out on
Lady Susan, so I still have that to look forward to.
Sense and sensibility was selected as my local book club's September pick, and the prevailing opinion was very positive with a definite desire to read at least one classic a year. Most of us had read it before and enjoyed the repeat. One of my favorite aspects of Austen's writing is the humor, which is so clever and timeless, and her observations about the human character are astute and still relevant two hundred years later.
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