Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, published by Penguin on July 1, 2008, is a reprint edition featuring 336 pages in English. This novel explores the lives of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who embody contrasting temperaments as they navigate the complexities of love and relationships. Elinor represents practicality and convention, while Marianne is characterized by her emotional and sentimental nature. Their experiences with love and heartache ultimately lead to a deeper understanding of each other.
Readers will find a rich narrative that delves into themes of family life and romance set against the backdrop of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life. Austen’s insightful portrayal of societal norms and personal struggles is conveyed with gentle irony, making this work a significant reflection on the mores of her time. The edition includes an introduction by Margaret Drabble and an afterword by Mary Balogh, enhancing the reader’s experience of this classic tale.
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Two sisters of opposing temperaments who share the pangs of new love provide the theme for Jane Austen’s dramatically human narrative.
“I wish as well as everybody else to be perfectly happy but like everybody else it must be in my own way.”
Elinor, practical and conventional, is the perfection of sense. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, is the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love.
Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters—and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense. Jane Austen’s authentic representation of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life, written with forceful insight and gentle irony, makes her novels the enduring works on the mores and manners of her time.
With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble
and an Afterword by Mary Balogh
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