num_pages: 336
description: Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility is a wonderfully entertaining tale of flirtation and folly that revolves around two starkly different sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. While Elinor is thoughtful, considerate, and calm, her younger sister is emotional and wildly romantic. Both are looking for a husband, but neither Elinor’s reason nor Marianne’s passion can lead them to perfect happiness—as Marianne falls for an unscrupulous rascal and Elinor becomes attached to a man who’s already engaged.   Startling secrets, unexpected twists, and heartless betrayals interrupt the marriage games that follow. Filled with satiric wit and subtle characterizations, Sense and Sensibility teaches that true love requires a balance of reason and emotion.Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, is part of the Barnes &amp; Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes &amp; Noble Classics:1) New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars2) Biographies of the authors3) Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events4) Footnotes and endnotes5) Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work6) Comments by other famous authors7) Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations8) Bibliographies for further reading9) Indices &amp; Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes &amp; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Laura Engel received her BA from Bryn Mawr College and her MA and PhD from Columbia University. She has taught in independent schools in New York city and is now a visiting assistant professor of English at Macalester College. Her previous publications include essays on the novelists A. S. Byatt and Edna O’Brien. Her forthcoming book is a biography of three eighteenth-century British actresses.
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: Barnes & Noble Classics