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the former, the former may be the precondition for the
latter.
Sense and Sensibility
, I conclude, is not about
sense or sensibility. It is centrally concerned with feeling
indifferent and with feelings in indifference. Brontë’s
criticism is certainly unjust, but the issue of emotional
inadequacy raised therein can cast new light on Austen’s
first-published novel.
Key Words:
indifference,
Sense and Sensibility
,
unconcern, reserve
