Sense & Sensibility

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Sense & Sensibility

By: Joanna Trollope

Narrated by: Rachael Stirling

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Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility will launch The Austen Project and be one of the most talked about books of 2013.

‘It’s hugely exciting to attempt the reworking of one of the best novels written by one of our greatest novelists. This is a project which requires consummate respect above all else; not an emulation, but a tribute.’ Joanna Trollope

The Austen Project is a major new series of six novels teaming up authors of global literary significance with Jane Austen’s six complete works.

The pairing of Joanna Trollope and Jane Austen received global coverage, from the NEW YORK TIMES to the TIMES OF INDIA. The Austen Project continues with Val McDermid’s reworking of Northanger Abbey in Spring 2014 and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Pride and Prejudice in Autumn 2014.

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Critic reviews

‘…wittily, stylishly and sensitively written with lots of delicious upmarket detail. A must for Trollope and Austen fans alike’ Daily Mail

‘Trollope is an expert in her craft…it’s a faster, zestier, read than the original’ The Times

‘A bloody good read. I was so charmed, I missed my tube stop. Such is the power of Austen’ Stylist ****

‘A fun and light-hearted read’ Sunday Times

‘Trollope and Austen are a natural marriage’ Guardian

‘Austen’s characters translate remarkably smoothly into the present day… enjoyable modern satire’ Daily Telegraph

‘Plays out the siblings’ different romantic survival strategies to great effect’ Marie Claire

‘Is the new Sense & Sensibility worth reading? The answer is unequivocally yes’ Washington Post

‘Told with insight and ingenuity’ i Paper

‘It shouldn’t work, but it does brilliantly!’ Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine

‘Jane Austen's story and Joanna Trollope's voice make the perfect marriage. What a delight!’ SOPHIE KINSELLA

‘This will more than satisfy Trollope fans as well as most Austen devotees; a sprightly mix of the old and new’ Library Journal

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. I did not think it translated at all well from the original even with the touch of an author like Joanna Trollope. I thought it was slow and the characters tedious where originally it was written as a witty take on life.

Would you ever listen to anything by Joanna Trollope again?

Yes. I am a fan which is why I was so disappointed.

Have you listened to any of Rachael Stirling’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

Do you think Sense & Sensibility needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No. The original is better left alone.

Any additional comments?

Perhaps Joanna Trollope was trying to be too careful in how she updated a classic but updating the classic was the whole point of the exercise. All she really did, in my opinion, was translate like for like without taking into account the real social changes and attitudes of modern times so the main characters came across as tedious, weak and not credible.