This week, we continue our discussion of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility. How does Colonel Brandon’s awkwardness communicate his honesty? How do we understand the backstory of Willoughby and Eliza? Is John Dashwood or Robert Ferrers worse?
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Next week, Volume 3, Chapter I (37) to VII (43) of Sense and Sensibility, live on Patreon on Thursday, September 11th at 9PM Central.
Footnotes:
- Sense And Sensibility
- A Calendar for Sense and Sensibility
- Sense And Sensibility (1995)
- Stars And Swords on Bookshop.org
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