Sense and Sensibility

And so after the much enjoyed Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, I had to quench my thirst for more. And so I gather another set of CDs , this time just 6. This one was read by Julie Christie who incidentally won the 2008 Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Away from Her. She did a great job in reading the book and her voice was in character and was totally enjoyable for me in understanding the book.

This story of two sisters in the nineteenth-century England, are drawn into unhappy romances despite the cool judgment of the one and the emotional intensity of the other.

This sparkling character study was Austen’s first published novel. She tells of the two impoverished Dashwood sisters, and the different ways in which they handle heartbreak and disappointment in love.

I cannot imagine having such misery in these modern age but somehow I wonder if love can be as cruel and so complicated for today’s life. Maybe not in the 19th century way but just the same love hurts…it wounds and yet in the end it heals.