SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

These days I am reading a lot of novels. So doing that I read two Jane Austen one after other. Pride and prejudice is my favorite and I have read it before as well so I really enjoy the conversation between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth and Jane . But two Jane Austen one after other is really too much for me. When I started sense and sensibility I was really very bore in starting that here comes again a novel about a mom with 3 pretty daughter and how to get them settled in good families. In most of Jane Austen novels its ladies always gossiping about the affair or possible affair and planning to make gentleman of higher ranks fall in love with them. The same is story in sense and sensibility as well. But I continued inspite of these thing as I had nothing to do or read. But as the story progresses I was really struck by the character of sensible Elinor .The way she carried her grace and dignity between provoking company and a stupid and arrogant sister was really great. All of her conversation showed that how people should behave in disadvantageous position. Everybody have problem in there life .But the sorrows of life is very personal. One should not display there misery in public and use them to gain sympathy or attention of others. The way Elinor handled her problems was really admirable. She never bothered others with her troubles and always maintained her composure even when her rival in love announced her victory on her face. She helped her sister and always stood by her consoling her in her problems and taking on her every problem on herself. Even when they were in company where everyone wanted to enjoy the scandal or a spicy heart break she shielded her sister from that when at the same time she was also in middle of breakup Though the ending of this novel was very abrupt to me. All of sudden everything was sorted and everything happened for all good. It is not as smooth like in pride and prejudice. The story of pride and prejudice is really balanced and there is smooth transition of events. In that it took a lot of time for Elizabeth to shed her prejudice toward Mr. Darcy backed by favorable circumstances .In fact that novel has all good collection of great character. In that novel Elizabeth wit and practicality is well supported by the goodness of character of Jane. At the same time the pride of Mr. Darcy controlled by his superior mind is also great. That is why every page of pride and prejudice is interesting but in sense and sensibility I found only Elinor character and all her conversations interesting. Her sister’s transition from one extreme to another was too much for me. I don’t believe that people can so easily and quickly forget their love and can generate similar strong feeling for other. Maybe her character does not fit in my way of thinking. Beside it I also feel that love and affection are very personal feeling and some concealment is required. In both of novel Jane and Marianne suffered because they could not keep there love private and subjected it to public scrutiny and discussion. Elinor at the same time had similar turns in her relation as well but she maintained her calm and grace even her lover was not able to comprehend her feelings. I might have enjoyed it more if I would have read it after some interval from “Pride and Prejudice”. Though story was more or less same but the conversations and fine gentleman type culture of English society was really well presented in that novel. Inspite of that I started that novel with a prejudice in my mind that its going to be same novel some pretty ladies trying to get well placed in matrimony , at some point in the novel I forgot my prejudice and enjoyed it as well .So I will recommend them as worth reading