Sense and Sensibility

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Description

‘I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way’Discover the beloved story of sisters, love and society that launched Jane Austen’s career.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.

Additional information

Weight0.265 kg
Dimensions2.2 × 13 × 19.8 cm
Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

009951155X

About The Author

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.

Jane Austen is my favourite author

Other text

The technique of [Jane Austen's novels] is beyond praise…. Her mastery of the art she chose, or that chose her, is complete

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