Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen - (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)
Romantic fiction
Landed gentry
Realism – biting irony & social commentary
Constant support from family
Epistolary novel
18th century ~ 19th century
Dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing & economic security
Austen’s works - Sense and Sensibility
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women."
Form the satiric and humorous key in her writing, inherit the realism of 18th century.
Mention in the same breath with Shakespeare
Her Best-known Books
Sense and Sensibility 1811
Pride and Prejudice 1813
Mansfield Park 1814
Emma 1815
Northanger Abbey 1818
Persuasion 1818
Austen was regarded as the first author to realistically describe the common characters in common life.
Her works,
women of her day. But if she was
proud of her beauty, to do her
justice, she was still more proud of
her son, and has said a thousand
times to me that I was the
handsomest fellow in the world.
EXT. CHURCH - DAY
Mother and son entering church.
RODERICK (V.O.)
The good souls pleasure was to
dress me; and on Sundays and
Holidays, I turned out in a velvet
coat with a silver-hilted sword by
my side, a
Marnie Script
Robbed! Cleaned out!
Nine thousand nine hundred
and sixty-seven dollars.
Precisely as I told you
over the telephone.
And that girl did it. Marion Holland!
Thats the girl. Marion Holland!
- Can you describe her, Mr Strutt?
- Certainly I can.
Five feet five.
A hundred and ten pounds.
Size eight dress.
Blue eyes. Black, wavy hair.
Even features. Good teeth.
- (Chuckling)
- Whats so dam
Notorious Script
Is there any legal reason why
sentence should not be pronounced?
- No, Your Honor.
- Yes. I have something to say.
You can put me away. But you cant
put away whats going to happen...
to you and to this
whole country next time.
- Next time we are going to...
- I wouldnt say anymore.
Well leave that for the appeal.
It is the judgment of this court
that the defendant, John Huberman,