Sense and Sensibility (Vintage Classics)

Sense and Sensibility (Vintage Classics)

by JaneAusten (Author)

Synopsis

Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 30 Aug 2007

ISBN 10: 009951155X
ISBN 13: 9780099511557
Book Overview: ' I am afraid, replied Elinor, that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety - Sense & Sensibility

Media Reviews
Jane Austen is my favourite author -- E.M. Forster
The technique of [Jane Austen's novels] is beyond praise.... Her mastery of the art she chose, or that chose her, is complete -- Elizabeth Bowen
The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste -- Virginia Woolf
Like Irvine Welsh, I am a great admirer of Jane Austen -- Alexander McCall Smith
For those of us who suspect all the mysteries of life are contained in the microcosm of the family, that personal relationships prefigure all else, the work of Jane Austen is the Rosetta Stone of literature -- Anna Quindlen
Author Bio
Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously.