Sense and Sensibility

It's always interesting revisiting classics, books we've read in our younger incarnations. Our new perception of them reminds us of how we've changed, how classics are classics for a reason, they don't remain static, they speak to every era even when the mores and language have changed. Listening to [a:Rosamund Pike 4244528 Rosamund Pike https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]'s most excellent narration was the perfect way to go back to [a:Jane Austen 1265 Jane Austen https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1588941810p2/1265.jpg]'s first published novel. Finding Marianne annoying wasn't a surprise, she's a self-involved teen after all, it's expected, what was clear to me was the resemblance between the Dashwood sisters and the Schlegel sisters, Margaret & Helen, from [b:Howards End 38374795 Howards End E.M. Forster https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518837828l/38374795.SX50.jpg 1902726]. I'm sure they were more than a template for [a:E.M. Forster 86404 E.M. Forster https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1402057803p2/86404.jpg]. Also Emma Thompson being in movie adaptations of both isn't a coincidence.