Although Elinor Dashwood is not a first-person narrator, most of the story is told through her eyes and Austen seems …

Comment on Austen’s depiction of children in the novel. Consider Lady Middleton’s four children, Margaret Dashwood, and the birth of …

Elinor and Marianne’s younger sister Margaret plays a very minor role in the novel. Why do you think Austen included …

Although it ends with the marriages of the two main female characters, some readers have claimed that of all of …

What were the advantages and disadvantages of Austen’s decision to publish this novel anonymously?

Critics have claimed that the whole plot of Sense and Sensibility depends on the tension between what is concealed and …

Do you find the ending satisfactory for both sisters? Do you feel the two make the right choice for happiness? …

In the end, does sense triumph over sensibility? Or do you think Austen is sympathetic to both perspectives? What does …

What gave a woman advantages in the marriage market in Austen’s time? What placed her at a disadvantage? Same for …

Austen explores the function of marriage in Sense and Sensibility (actually, in most if not all of her novels). What …