| Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. By: Jane Austen ( New Edition.) [London-1882] Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533056684 ISBN-13: 9781533056689 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 560 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8" W x 10" (0.85 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister |