Sense and Sensibility

Name: Sense and Sensibility
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141439662
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By Jane Austen

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Summary

In Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, the novel follows the lives of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate love, society, and financial struggles in 19th-century England. After their father's death, they face the harsh realities of reduced circumstances and must find suitable matches while balancing their contrasting approaches—pragmatic sense and impetuous sensibility. The story explores themes of love, duty, and the impact of change on familial and social bonds.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate timeless tales of love, society, and family dynamics set in the English countryside. The contrasting personalities of two sisters, navigating the challenges of love and societal expectations, offer both drama and a keen wit that Jane Austen fans cherish.

Sense and Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.

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Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.

Meanwhile, Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her.

Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is praised for its near perfection in fiction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141439662

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Introduction by Ros Ballaster
Notes by Ros Ballaster
Preface by Tony Tanner
Introduction by Ros Ballaster
Notes by Ros Ballaster

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. She is also the author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Ros Ballaster is Professor of 18th Century Studies at Mansfield College, Oxford.