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1、ReadingreportSenseandsensibilityThebookIhavereadnamedSenseandSensibility,whichwaswrittenbyJeanAusten.Jean,awomenwriter,wasrareatseventeenthcentury.Peopleknewherfromabook,whichwaswrittenbyhernephewfiftyyearslater,aboutherlife.Thenherworkswasgraduallyhighlypraisedbymanypeoplean
2、dhadagreatinfluenceonthefollowingcenturies.ThenovelisaboutthedaughtersofMissDashwoods.Aftertheurfatherdies,thefamilyestatepassestotheirelderbrotherJohnandthegirlsandtheirmotherleadadifficultlife.Thestoryhappenedintheendofnineteenthcentury.ItwasastoryaboutMissDashwoodsseekingf
3、orloveandfinallylivingahappymarriage.Thenovelfollowsthesisterstotheirnewhome,wheretheromanticstorieshappenintwoofthegirls.Andmakeaevidentcontrastintheircharacters.Elinor,whowasthesister,wasagirlofsense.Whilehersister—Mariannewasagirlofsensibility.Einorunderstoodtheworldbysens
4、e.Andhersisterunderstoodtheworldbysensibilityorsentimentality.Throughtheeventinthenovel,ElinorandMariannefindabalancebetweensenseandsensibility.FirstIwanttotalkaboutthewritingskillsofthisnovel■一irony.HereisanexampleinwhichAustendescribesthefirstimpressioncreatedbythearrivalof
5、theMissSteelsatBartonPark:Theyoungladiesarrived:theirappearancewasbynomeansungentleorunfashionable.Theirdresswasverysmart,theirmannersverycivil,theyweredelightedwiththehouse,andinraptureswiththefurniture,andtheyhappenedtobesodoatinglyfondofchildrenthatLadyMiddleton"sgoodopini
6、onwasengagedintheirfavorbeforetheyhadbeenanhouratthePark.Shedeclaredthemtobeveryagreeablegirlsindeed,whichforherladyshipwasenthusiasticadmiration.HowcanwemakeofMissSteels?ArewesimplythoughthighlyofthemasMissMiddleton?Theywerefirstthoughttobepleasant,clever,well-manneredgirl.Y
7、etAustenisinfactusingasharpironicwittohighlighttheirshortcomings.Itisthatfirstphrase“theirappearancewasbynomeansungentleorunfashionable^thatbegintoreveal.WhyhasAustenchoosetousedoublenegativehere?Whynotjustsay"theirappearancewasungentleorunfashionable^.Thesameasfollowingthede
8、scriptablewords"delighted^/inraptures9',"doatinglyfond".Ifweweredoub
