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| Original Title: | Sense and Sensibility |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Elinor Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Colonel Brandon, Lady Middleton, John Middleton, Mr. Dashwood, Mrs. John Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood, John Willoughby |
| Setting: | Devonshire, England Sussex, England(United Kingdom) |
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Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.
Itemize Containing Books Sense and Sensibility
| Title | : | Sense and Sensibility |
| Author | : | Jane Austen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 409 pages |
| Published | : | April 29th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published October 30th 1811) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. 19th Century |
Rating Containing Books Sense and Sensibility
Ratings: 4.07 From 911799 Users | 15088 ReviewsCrit Containing Books Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility is dense with inactivity.This book nearly failed the Bechdel test. There were an equal assortment of men and women, only the men seem to have a lemming like migratory bent, and fly from the nest for some reason or other.Elinor is a blueprint for heroines that are strong. At least we can agree on the fact that most strong heroines in films are indistinguishable from men. But here there cannot be such confusion.I was not immune to the charms of Sense and sensibility. It was very tough for me to read. At least I was now
To my surprise I actually really enjoyed Sense and Sensibility. About two years ago I kind of wrote off classics - I had read a couple and found them hard to read and boring. But then I watched the movie adaptation of this with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet and I liked it so much that I wanted to give the book a try.Now, watching the movie before reading the book might have actually made my reading experience easier. Because by far the hardest part of this book is the character's names. There
New review to come eventually. Can't quite put it all into words yet. * * *ORIGINAL:Ah, the third member of the Holy Trinity of Austen. Also deservedly so. This is my intellectual favorite of the Austens. By that, I'm not calling it "intellectual" I'm just saying that taking emotional attachment to other books out of it, this is my objective favorite Austen. I actually believe that the story of the women is better than Pride and Prejudice. Go on, shoot me for that one. I've taken it before for
940. Sense and Sensibility, Jane AustenSense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. The novel follows the three Dashwood sisters as they move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up, Norland Park, to their new home, Barton Cottage. The four women must move to a meagre cottage on the property of a distant relative, where they experience love,
'Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience -- or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.'What does it mean for one to be 'sensible'? As we are all individuals, with our own needs, is it sensible to always act according to our countenance (to steal a lovely phrase from Austen), to keep true to ourselves, or is there a code of manners that we should adhere to in order to maintain a proper course of action? Austens aptly titled Sense and Sensibility, a staggeringly impressive
To my surprise I actually really enjoyed Sense and Sensibility. About two years ago I kind of wrote off classics - I had read a couple and found them hard to read and boring. But then I watched the movie adaptation of this with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet and I liked it so much that I wanted to give the book a try.Now, watching the movie before reading the book might have actually made my reading experience easier. Because by far the hardest part of this book is the character's names. There
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