There’s something about literary classics that just make the story and the characters seem so real.

As I get more used the the classic writing style, I find myself enjoying more and more of Jane Austen’s novels.

Sense and Sensibility follows the Dashwood sisters as they experience woes and heartbreaks, scandals and secrets. It sounds like something out of a high school manual, but this book is far from that. Even though the scandal and drama is most certainly there. Jane Austen has a crafted a story that draws you in, but I would be lying if I said I understood what was happening 100 percent of the time. Because I definitely got lost along the way a few times.

Because I was a bit lost at times, I decided to check out the movie from my local library and watch it to help clarify a few things for me. And I usually never do that. I never watch a movie before I read the book, but in this case, I had to. Especially because Alan Rickman played Colonel Brandon and c’mon, you can’t just pass up Alan Rickman.

The movie definitely helped me clarify who was who and what scandal and story belonged to which character.

After that, I pretty much read the crap out of this book, because the story was so intriguing and so real that I just had to read it. There were twists that I never would have expected in a story like this, but I’m not used to classics.

If you’ve ever been interested in reading classics, I definitely suggest any Jane Austen book (even though I’ve only read this one and Pride & Prejudice, which is just as phenomenal).