Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope: A review
Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third book from the Austen Project, the retelling by modern authors of the six books of the Austen oeuvre, that I have read, having previously read Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and Eligible , the retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld. It was actually the first book in the project that was published. I have enjoyed all three books, but I have to say I think this is my favorite so far. I realize that is a bit of an unpopular view, as I've read several reviews panning the book. Well, sorry to be a contrarian but I loved it! I enjoyed it almost as much as the original. I have not read any of Joanna Trollope's work previously, although I have read and enjoyed the work of her famous antecedent. She is a fifth generation relative of the honored Anthony and she has some of the same ability to tell a rousing tale of family and community life and relationships with all their tangled web of i...