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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1995, Paperback) 
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1995, Paperback)

 
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1995, Paperback)

Author: Jane Austen
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Publication Date: 1995-12-27
Series: Dover Thrift Editions Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0486290492
ISBN-13: 9780486290492
Product ID: EPID62083
Description: In SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Jane Austen writes about two ways of looking at the world in the personalities of two sisters, Elinor the determinedly practical and Marianne the madly romantic. Forced to live in reduced circumstances with thei...
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Synopsis
In SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Jane Austen writes about two ways of looking at the world in the personalities of two sisters, Elinor the determinedly practical and Marianne the madly romantic. Forced to live in reduced circumstances with their widowed mother and younger sister, the Dashwood girls must rely on marrying well if they are to survive in the world, and the way in which this goal is eventually accomplished provides the plot of this delightful novel, the first of Jane Austen's to be published (1811). As SENSE AND SENSIBILITY progresses to the requisite happy ending, Elinor and Marianne and their suitors are subjected to a volley of misunderstandings, jealousies, and manipulations--and to Jane Austen's mercilessly satirical look at provincial life. As she herself stated, "Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on"--and in doing so, Austen perfected the comedy of manners, zeroing in on her characters and their relationship to the society in which they live--an achievement that brought her closer to the later novels of the Victorian era and the 20th century than to those that preceded her.

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Publication Date:1995-12-27
Series:Dover Thrift Editions Series

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Height:8.3 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:7.2 oz

Publisher's Note
The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. Both struggle to maintain their integrity and find happiness in the face of a competitive marriage market. The basis of the Columbia film, starring Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant.

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