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Sense and Sensibility

Introduction by Peter Conrad

By Jane Austen
Introduction by Peter Conrad

By Jane Austen
Introduction by Peter Conrad

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Mar 10, 1992 | ISBN 9780679409878

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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About Sense and Sensibility

In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young women in love, Sense and Sensibility is the answer to those who believe that Jane Austen’s novels, despite their perfection of form and tone, lack strong feeling.

Its two heroines, Marianne and Elinor—so utterly unlike each other–both undergo the most violent passions when they are separated from the men they love. What differentiates them, and gives this extraordinary book its complexity and brilliance, is the way each expresses her suffering: Marianne–young, impetuous, ardent–falls into paroxysms of grief when she is rejected by the dashing John Willoughby; while her sister, Elinor—wiser, more sensible, more self-controlled—masks her despair when it appears that Edward Ferrars is to marry the mean-spirited and cunning Lucy Steele. All, of course, ends happily—but not until Elinor’s “sense” and Marianne’s “sensibility” have equally worked to reveal the profound emotional life that runs beneath the surface of Austen’s immaculate and irresistible art.

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About Jane Austen

Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on

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Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Romance

Hardcover | $28.00
Published by Everyman’s Library
Mar 10, 1992 | 408 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780679409878

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