A Brief Critical Examination of the Novels of Jane Austen

I. "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" (1811)A Dual Thesis in the NovelThe main theme of this novel is the danger of sensibility in temperament, and the advantage of sense. This double theme of Sense and Sensibility involves two heroines and a double plot. Marianne and Elinor Dashwood must each be shown pursuing her private fate according to her individual outlook and belief. The fate in each case is an