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Sense and Sensibility: Introduction by Peter Conrad Hardcover - 1992
by Jane Austen; Introduction by Peter Conrad
The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. Both struggle to maintain their integrity and find happiness in the face of a competitive marriage market. The basis of the Columbia film, starring Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant.
About this book
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.
Summary
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.
First Edition Identification
The novel sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813, but it had a second print run later that year.
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- Title Sense and Sensibility: Introduction by Peter Conrad
- Author Jane Austen; Introduction by Peter Conrad
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Everyman's Library, New York
- Date 1992-03-10
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780679409878 / 0679409874
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 8.33 x 5.32 x 1.12 in (21.16 x 13.51 x 2.84 cm)
- Reading level 560
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91053182
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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