Sense and Sensibility  is the novel that introduced Jane Austen to the reading world.

Austen was a realist; she liked novels that presented realistic characters in realistic situations.

She also had a perceptive sense of humor and loved to satirize people and literature.

In this novel, Austen satirizes novels of sensibility, but she also satirizes condemnation of sensibility.

The human experience requires a combination of reason and emotion.