num_pages: 572
description: Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel (1811), introduced its readers to many of the themes which would dominate Austen's future work. On one level it is a simple story of two sisters finding fulfilment within a society bounded by regulations and restrictions. But on another it is a comprehensive exploration of the moral dilemmas facing young women in the choices they have to make about their lives. Austen writes about everyday events of her own time with a subtlety and sensitivity unprecedented in the English novel. This edition, first published in 2006, takes as its copytext the second edition of 1813, which corrects some errors of the first edition. The volume provides comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, a chronology of Austen's life and an authoritative textual apparatus. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen.
language: English
title: Sense and Sensibility
titlecomplete: Sense and Sensibility (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)
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: 1153542
places: United Kingdom, England, London, England, Sussex, England, Devon, England
publisher: Cambridge University Press