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Course Description

Jane Austen began Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel, in 1795, and Persuasion, her last published novel, in 1815. The heroines of both must choose between sense and sensibility (what we’d call prudence and romance) when picking their mates. Sense and Sensibility’s Marianne chooses romance, with disastrous results. Persuasion’s Anne Elliott chooses prudence, with disastrous results. Did Austen’s values change over the course of twenty years? If so, why? Let’s read and find out.
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