Sense and Sensibility 1811
By Jane Austen
- Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Inheritance and succession, fiction, Mate selection, fiction, Social classes, fiction
When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility. - Publisher.
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Classical in form, resolved, prestige and meticulous.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Jane Austen
- First published
- 1811
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- West Margin Press, Marvel Comics, Coronet Books/Hodder & Stoughton
- Editions
- 2090
- Language
- German, Japanese, heb, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781980370017
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“The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex.”
Jane Austen was an English writer. Although Austen was widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. The most urgent preoccupations of her bright, young heroines are courtship and marriage. Austen herself never married. Her best-known books include *Pride and Prejudice* (1813) and *Emma* (1816). Virginia Woolf called Austen "the most perfect artist among women.
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