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About Sense and Sensibility
The classic masterpiece that has captivated generations of readers, following two sisters who must balance emotion and reason to find suitable husbands-now in development as a major motion picture starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England's premier novelist of manners.
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The classic masterpiece that has captivated generations of readers, following two sisters who must balance emotion and reason to find suitable husbands-now in development as a major motion picture starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.
In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England's premier novelist of manners.
Believing that "3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on," she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters into the schemes and manipulations of landed gentry determined to marry wisely and well.
Neither sense nor sensibility can guarantee happiness for either-as romantic Marianne falls prey to a dangerous rascal, and reasonable Elinor loses her heart to a gentleman already engaged.
Wonderfully entertaining yet subtle and probing in its characterizations, Sense and Sensibility richly displays the supreme artistry of a great English novelist.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780553213348 |
| Publication date: |
1st December 1982 |
| Author: |
Jane Austen |
| Publisher: |
Bantam Classics an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
352 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Classic fiction: general and literary
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About Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on 18 July 1817.
As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.
Fellow novelist Katharine McMahon on Jane Austen...
I can't not choose her. And whichever I've read last is always my favourite. The nuance of emotion, the understanding of human nature revealed by Austen constantly delights me. When I reread Sense and Sensibility recently, for the first time Elinor came across as quite prissy and destined to marry a rather spineless husband. I wonder if that was intended?
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