Books and Things 39K subscribers · Jul 30, 2024

Let's Talk About Mrs Jennings

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I feel like there is a really fun character Arc around Mrs Jennings in sense sensibility because it's not that Mrs Jennings has a character Arc herself she doesn't change at all in fact we know at the end of the novel that she's going to go on matchmaking for Margaret and presumably for her own grandchildren in time as well when maranne was taken from them Margaret have reached an age highly suitable for dancing and not very ineligible for being supposed to have a lover between Barton and delord there was that constant communication which strong family affection would naturally dictate Mrs Jennings becomes a valued part of their wider family group and while she doesn't change as a person Elena and mariann's sentiments towards her change considerably they come to understand her a lot better and they come to have respect for the kindness of her heart even though she may not follow etiquette or be as polite as they are of course this is a relatively minor thread in sense sensibility as a novel as a whole but I do think it's a really important one and I do love Mrs Jennings as a character