num_pages: 175
description: Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
language: English
title: Sense and Sensibility
titlecomplete: Sense and Sensibility
characters: Colonel Brandon, Margaret Dashwood, Robert Ferrars, Lady Middleton, Anne Steele, Sir John Middleton, Elinor Dashwood, Lucy Steele, John Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Mrs. Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings, John Willoughby, Fanny Dashwood
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 1153532
places: Devon, England, England, London, England, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
publisher: State Street Press