Marianne Dashwood (“Sense and Sensibility”) realizes romantic sentiment has led her astray, and rediscovers the importance of prudence. Emma Woodhouse humiliates a kind elderly woman at a picnic, and is miserable when she sees her vanity and wit have gotten the better of her. Perfect in Every Way, Except CharacterĪusten proffered woman protagonists who were real-even embarrassingly so at times. There was also “Sense and Sensibility,” in which the “perfect” romantic man ends up being a dangerous façade (sorry, spoiler alert), whereas the neglected, kind Colonel Brandon-despite his lack of Byronic polish and drama-becomes the perfect romantic hero in the end. He and Emma were best friends far before they were romantically interested in each other, and their relationship was as full of apologies as it was of repartee and romance. Knightley from Austen’s “Emma,” who joked and laughed, and rebuked and scolded, the love of his life. Perhaps because of the regular doses of Jane Austen I had growing up, my conception of love was quite different: her novels set a high moral standard, while also describing relationships full of friendship and faithfulness. I love this quote.I remember watching this movie and wondering why it was so popular. Where’s continue Comment by Usman Zakir66 Is this the full book? Comment by LUIGI:D

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