80,000+ Books in-stock in NZ 📚

Blog updates ✍️ Shirl’s May Reads & Book Briefing

The Annotated Sense and Sensibility

By Jane Austen
0.0 (0 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
The Annotated Sense and Sensibility presents Jane Austen's beloved novel about the romantic trials and societal challenges faced by two sisters. This edition offers the complete text alongside thousands of detailed annotations, enriching the story with historical context, literary analysis, and factual clarifications that deepen understanding of Austen's world.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$5300

International Supplier

This title is in-stock with overseas suppliers. While it is not available locally, we fly books in weekly from the US and UK to our Auckland warehouse for immediate dispatch.

AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 2-3 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This edition is ideal for Jane Austen enthusiasts and general fiction readers who appreciate classic literature enhanced with scholarly insights, historical context, and visual aids such as maps and illustrations.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

From the editor of the popular "Annotated Pride and Prejudice" comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," complete with more than 2,000 annotations that include definitions and clarifications, multiple maps, historical context, and more.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

A sheer delight for Jane Austen fans— the complete text of one of her most loved novels with thousands of annotations on facing pages, along with a chronology, maps, and illustrations. An Anchor Original.

From the editor of the popular The Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility that makes this tale of two sisters in love an even more enjoyable read.

Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,000 annotations on facing pages, including:

  • Explanations of historical context
  • Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings
  • Definitions and clarifications
  • Literary comments and analysis
  • Multiple maps of England and London
  • An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events
  • More than 100 informative illustrations

Filled with fascinating information about everything from the rules of inheritance that could leave a wealthy man's daughters almost penniless to the fashionable cult of sensibility that Austen so brilliantly satirises, David M. Shapard's Annotated Sense and Sensibility is an entertaining and edifying delight.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780307390769

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: Anchor Books

Contributors:

  • Edited by David M. Shapard

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 46.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 624g

Pages: 784

Collections

Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel. David M. Shapard is the author of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, The Annotated Persuasion,The Annotated Sense and Sensibility,The Annotated Emma,The Annotated Northanger Abbey, and The Annotated Mansfield Park. He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.

Also by Jane Austen

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

The Latest at Book Hero

View all