Sense and Sensibility is equal to Pride and Prejudice in every way. Some people don't like Austen simply because they cannot grasp the world Austen was in, the world she wrote about. In response to a previous reviewer, understand that Austen did not consider love to be everything, she considered survivoring by getting married to be everything and dearly wished for love to accompany that marriage. Marriage was nearly every woman's only option, so do not criticize something when you don't understand it. Sense and Sensibility was wonderful, once again, because of the characters. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are incredible (arguably as incredible as Lizzie Bennet to some Austen fans) and Colonel Brandon was the epitome of a great man. Austen creates real people (or reinvents them? hmm, no way to tell) and lets real situations OF THAT TIME unfold. Brilliant again!