Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

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Vintage Books
04 September 2007

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Vintage Classics

Jane Austen's portrait of two sisters' contrasting reactions to lost love contains the strongest emotions of any of her works. With a new introduction in honor of the author's 250th birthday.

In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young lovestruck women, Sense and Sensibility provesthat Jane Austen's novels,

along with their perfection of form and tone, are full of strong feeling.

Its two heroines-so

utterly unlike each other-both undergo the most violent passions when they are separated

from the men they love. What differentiates them, and gives this extraordinary book

its complexity and brilliance, is the way each expresses her suffering- Marianne-young,

impetuous, ardent-falls into paroxysms of grief when she is rejected by the dashing

John Willoughby; while her sister, Elinor-wiser, more sensible, more self-controlled-masks

her despair when it appears that Edward Ferrars is to marry the mean-spirited and

cunning Lucy Steele. All, of course, ends happily-but not until Elinor's ""sense""

and Marianne's ""sensibility"" have equally worked to reveal the profound emotional

life that runs beneath the surface of Austen's immaculate and irresistible art.

By: Jane Austen
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780307386878
ISBN 10: 0307386872
Series: Vintage Classics
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 04 September 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JANE AUSTEN(1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel.