num_pages: 261
description: 
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Within the insular world of the English countryside, among struggling clerical families, husband-hunting mothers and daughters, country fools and snobs, Jane Austen found the raw material she needed to write brilliant novels widely admired for their satiric wit, subtlety and perfection of style. Sense and Sensibility is one of the best of these. It is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who represent sense and sensibility, respectively. When both appear to be deserted by the young men they had intended to marry, the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners that not only showcases Austen's perception, humor and incomparable prose, but offers a splendid glimpse of upper and middle-class English society of the early 18th century.
language: English
title: Sense and Sensibility
titlecomplete: Sense and Sensibility
characters: John Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood, Margaret Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Lady Middleton, Fanny Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings, Robert Ferrars, Anne Steele, Colonel Brandon, Sir John Middleton, Elinor Dashwood, John Willoughby, Lucy Steele
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1153571
places: England, London, England, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Devon, England
publisher: Dover Publications