AfterwatchingthefilmplayedbyAnneHathawayandreadingthebook,IfeelcomplicatedbecauseitseemsthatallinJane’slife,shemadeadecisionbetweensenseandsensibility.Thebookcouldberegardedasherrealstoryorsomeoneelse’s.Whoknows?Loveandsenseareenemiesatanyage.Therewasanimportantpersoninhercareer,theauthoressMrsRadeliffewhosenovelswerefilledwithromance,dangerandterror,anythingherlifewasnot.Atthattime,awoman’sdreamofbeinganauthoresswasnotsoeasytocometrue.Asifthewritingawomandidnotdisplaythegreatestpowersofmind,knowledgeofhumannature,theliveliesteffusionsofwitandhumour.Andpeoplethoughthavingawifewithaliteraryreputationwasnothingshortofscandalous.Butwithanindependentthought,shemadeit!Inherloveworld,thereweretwomen.OnewasTomLefroy,ahandsome,socialguybuttotallydependingonhisuncle.AnotherwasWisley,aboobyhavingarespectablepropertyof2000ayear,inadditiontoevengreaterexpectationsasLadyGresham’sheir.SoTomstandedforloveorsensibilityandWisleystandedformoneyorsense.Janedidn’tbelievethesaying“Affectionisdesirable,moneyisabsolutelyindispensable.”Inotherwords,shegaveupasplendidhome,acomfortablelifeandchoseTom.ButwhenshefoundtheirlovewilldestroyTom’sfamily,hersensetoldhertomakethegreatdecisiontoleavehimtoavoidalongslowdegradationofguiltandregretandblame.Whatapityshecan’tmarrywiththeonewhoshedoesn’tloveevenalovedone!Inhershortlife,JaneAustenwrotesixofthegreatestnovelsintheEnglishLanguage.TomLefroyhadasuccessfulcareerasalawyerandnamedhiseldestdaughterJane.Janenevermarriedinherlife.
