Hello all you Austenites out there - you have to read this book! I know, some of you probably think it's a travesty for modern day authors to update Jane's classic novels, but it's been happening for years - do you remember Clueless? And we can't forget Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, can we? So when a talented author like Joanna Trollope takes the lovely Dashwood sisters and brings them into the 21st century, how can we resist?
Elinor and Marianne - and all of the other characters - are basically the same people. They just have Facebook and Twitter and email accounts. Oh, and they've gone to school, and Elinor has trained as an architect (a much more useful skill than just drawing, don't you think?) and gets a job to help support the family. The best modernization has to do with Robert Ferrars, but I won't give that one away.
I think Trollope does a lovely job of keeping to Austen's story but rewriting it from a modern viewpoint. I think her update can bring a whole new group of readers to appreciate the great Jane Austen, and maybe even encourage them to have a read of the original source material. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Sense and Sensibility
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