Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is a reprint edition published by Wordsworth Editions in 1992, featuring 373 pages in English. This novel explores the lives of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who navigate the complexities of societal expectations and personal desires in their quest for respectability. Through Austen’s sardonic humor, the narrative reveals the challenges faced by young women lacking economic and political power, highlighting their strategies for achieving material security.
Readers will find a rich exploration of family life and the contrasting temperaments of the sisters, with Elinor embodying a sense of restraint and practicality, while Marianne represents the passionate ideals of the Romantic Age. The story delves into themes of societal norms and personal growth, illustrating how each sister learns to adapt her approach to love and life. This edition offers an insightful introduction and notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, enhancing the reader’s understanding of Austen’s commentary on the social dynamics of her time.
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Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University.
‘Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security’. Jane Austen’s sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability.
Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor’s character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival.
This book, the first of Austen’s novels to be published, remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was.
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