Sense and sensibility
By: Jane Austen ; introduction by David Gates ; notes by Deborah Lutz.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Social classes -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Jane Austen's first published novel, sparkling with wit and artistry, captures the inequities of birth, class, and marriage faced by the sisters Dashwood. Published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility has delighted generations of readers with its masterfully crafted portrait of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Forced to leave their home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne must rely on making good marriages as their means of support. But unscrupulous cads, meddlesome matriarchs, and various guileless and artful women impinge on their chances for love and happiness. The novelist Elizabeth Bowen wrote, "The technique of [Jane Austen's novels] is beyond praise ... Her mastery of the art she chose, or that chose her, is complete." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains a new Introduction by Pulitzer Prize finalist David Gates, in addition to new explanatory notes.