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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Categories: Classics Novel Romance Women's Fiction
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The death of Henry Dashwood forces his daughters and their mother to give up their comfortable home and fashionable lifestyle. Stuck in a modest rural cottage, the eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, despair over their prospects for society or marriage. Practical Elinor, silently pining over a romance that never had the chance to blossom, tries to steady her flighty, energetic sister, as Marianne is swept off of her feet by a dashing country gentleman. As passions are flamed, the "sensible" (or highly sensitive) Marianne must learn to look hard at the man who seems like a perfect match. But Elinor, whose "sense," (or caution) prevents her from expressing her deeply-felt emotions, must learn to believe that, against all hope, love may still find its way back to her.
About the Author
Educated and trained in her craft largely within her family home, Jane Austen (1775-1817) developed a singularly sharp eye and keen wit for chronicling the lives, loves, and misadventures of the English gentry. Although little-read during her lifetime, Austen has since been awarded a lasting place as one of the most brilliant English women ever to put pen to paper. Austen's novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey welcome readers of all ages and eras to delight in their timeless humor and poignancy.
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The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. ...
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