In faith terms, did Marianne Dashwood repent? Did Willoughby?
Marianne Dashwood’s Repentance
Category: Sense and Sensibility
How Austen’s Characters Respond to Stress
Jane Austen's characters show us different ways to deal with stress, both helpful and unhelpful.
A Change of Heart
The real climax of each Jane Austen novel is when someone reaches a turning point, and sees the darkness in his or her own heart.
Christian Jane Austen Variations 2: Jeanna Ellsworth, Kelsey Bryant, Janine Mendenhall
More great, Christian, Jane Austen variations!
Jane Austen Faith Word: Exertion, and Elinor Dashwood
Doing what is right, for Jane Austen's heroines, requires a great deal of "exertion"!
Jane Austen Faith Word: Serious, and Fanny Price
In Jane Austen, "serious" has a deeper meaning than we use for it today.
Rules of Engagement: Honor and Shame in Sense and Sensibility
Regency Courtship and Engagement, with honor . . . or not
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 4: The Clergyman’s Life
Reading prayers and publishing the banns of marriage . . .
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 3: Livings for Sale
Church livings to buy or borrow!
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 2: Getting a Church Living
Edward Ferrars had "not the smallest chance" of getting a living; but he did!
Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen 