I bought this for myself to add to my collection! It arrived on my doorstep today from Barnes & Noble.com.

Excellent! Though P&P is still my favorite Austen novel, (ok, so I've only read two... :) I really enjoyed Sense and Sensibility as well! Before finishing the book, my only other experience with the story was the Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet movie version. I don't remember it containing the scene where Willoughby comes back to explain himself and ask forgiveness so that was something new. Although the point may have been to redeem the character a little, I found that it made him even more unlikeable as it proved he chose money above love.

My favorite line of the book is the very last: "and among the merits and the happiness of Elinor and Marianne, let it not be ranked as the least considerable, that, though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other, they could live without disagreement between themselves, or producing coolness between their husbands".

I read this again this week. I've had a difficult time getting into any sort of books lately so I decided to visit an old favorite. I was not disappointed.