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Sir John wanted the whole family to walk to the Park directly and look at his guests. Benevolent, philanthropic man! It was painful to him even to keep a third cousin to himself.

Sense and Sensibility, Volume I - Chapter XXI
Jane Austen

I can feel the sarcasm in that quote. Elinor, you are so sarcastic. I like you.

I'm starting to slowly get back into the "old"-ish English language. I wrote in Goodreads that I found Sense and Sensibility to be quite childish and naive in comparison to Pride and Prejudice. I have to say that it's also quite more humourous and light-hearted. Although I have read Pride and Prejudice a good few 4-5 times, that was all during high school. And then it was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'd like to re-read that again and make a good comparison.

I'm not sure about literary merits and such whatnots, but in terms of amusement, I think Sense and Sensibility would have suited being a high-school text more than Pride and Prejudice? My two cents...