Sense and Sensibility
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Two sisters, Eleanor and Marianne, were born into an English squire family. After their father's death, the inheritance went to John, his son from his first marriage. They and their mother became financially strapped and, seeking to escape a life of dependency, set up home in a country house in Devon. As a result, Eleanor broke up with the young man Edward (brother of John's wife Fanny) whom she fell in love with, and Willoughby, whom Marianne met and fell in love with in the country, suddenly went to London for business. Both sisters were separated from their loved ones. Elinor often uses reason to control her emotions, but Marianne's emotions are passionate and exposed. In the face of love, the two reacted differently. The famous British literary writer and critic Keble commented that "Jane Austen is a comic artist" and believed that she was "second only to Shakespeare in terms of pure comic art." Thomas Macrolay, a famous British historian, poet and political commentator in the 19th century, called her "the Shakespeare of prose". As for the awakening of female consciousness reflected in Jane Austen's works, even today, more than two hundred years later, people's expectations for marriage still do not exceed its delineated scope-marriage is not a necessity in life. Marriage based on love is certainly beautiful, but if marriage is not for love, it is better to live alone.
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