num_pages: 327
description: In her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility , Jane Austen presents us with the subtle portraits of two contrasting but equally compelling heroines. For sensible Elinor Dashwood and her impetuous younger sister Marianne the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In aworld ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune nor connections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centered fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, while Marianne's unswerving belief in the truth of her ownfeelings makes her more dangerously susceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men.Through her heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope, Jane Austen offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the claustrophobic society in which they had to survive. This revised edition contains new notes, appendices, chronology, andbibliography.
language: English
title: Sense and Sensibility
titlecomplete: Sense and Sensibility
characters: Colonel Brandon, Margaret Dashwood, Robert Ferrars, Elinor Dashwood, Anne Steele, Lady Middleton, Edward Ferrars, Mrs. Jennings, Marianne Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood, Lucy Steele, Fanny Dashwood, John Willoughby, John Dashwood, Sir John Middleton
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 1153563
places: United Kingdom, England, London, England, Sussex, England, Devon, England
publisher: Oxford University Press