Romantic versus Rational Love in Sense and Sensibility and Emma

Paper by Keith Nelson In Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility, the love triangle of Marianne Dashwood, John Willoughby, and Colonel Brandon mirrors one developed in her later novel, Emma; Emma Woodhouse finds herself caught between the romance of Frank Churchill and George Knightley. Throughout the two texts, both characters realize an exciting new romance … Continue reading Romantic versus Rational Love in Sense and Sensibility and Emma