Claim: Sense and Sensibility was written by an English author.
Evidence: Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen , published in 1811.
Jane Austen -LRB- -LSB- ˈdʒeɪn_ˈɒstɪn -RSB- 16 December 1775 -- 18 July 1817 -RRB- was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels , which interpret , critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.