IF YOU LIKE JANE AUSTEN

I really enjoyed this annotated version of Sense and Sensibility.  I have never before read an annotated book, so I thought I would share some highlights and you can decide for yourself if you might enjoy this book!

 

Originally written around 1795 as a series of letters titled Elinor and Marianne, it
was later published in 1811 under the S&S title.

Forward by Author, Julie Klassen 

How the annotated columns work.

I had no idea

Reading
in the Garden

Interesting

Love that her prayers are shared!

and my sister's birthday :)  But, seriously, I never knew
when Michaelmas was, even though I have read it
many times in other period books.

I did not even understand this was a duel!  Thank goodness for commentary!

Haha!  I enjoyed this.

As a homeschooling teacher myself, I appreciated this annotation. 

Naturally, there is plenty of tea drinking in the book.  As a feast for the eyes, I decided to give the 2008 mini-series a go.  I found it free on Amazon Prime and immensely enjoyed it.  I never would have watched if it had not been for the comments in
the book!

I had already watched the Emma Thompson / Alan Rickman
version, so I did not expect to change my loyalties and was
not really interested.  However, I was very pleased with this
edition and enjoyed the differences as well and was
happy to relate to the book on a new level.

It definitely took me longer to read this book since it is written over a hundred years ago and there are multiple characters to keep straight, but reading through an entire Jane Austen novel has long been on my bucket list and I am so happy to have read this version and accomplished my goal!
I am grateful to Bethany House Publishing for coming up with it.  Just wonderful!

If you would like to purchase your own copy, here is the ISBN info.  I found mine quite some time ago at a Christian Bookstore that has long since closed.

ISBN 978-0-7642-0740-2

I hope you have a lovely Labor Day Weekend friends!
Until next time,
Hugs and a cup (or mason jar) of tea!