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With an introduction. This extract is a brief reference to a letter whichhad been received from Cassandra Austen, begging her correspondent notto mention that Aunt Jane wrote Sense and Sensibility.

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Sense and Sensibility. Sense and Sensibility. Chapter 1 The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations

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Jane Austen’s light-hearted and witty novel is the story of a pretty young woman who is looking for a rich and and handsome husband! Set in the 1800s. Emma is the story of a wealthy and beautiful girl whose favourite hobby is matchmaking. But when she tries to bring her friend Harriet together with Mr Elton, a young widower, the results are disastrous. After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must leave Norland Park and move to a small cottage.

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Historical Context of Sense and Sensibility. Other Books Related to Sense and Sensibility. Jane Who? Austen originally published Sense and Sensibility under the pseudonym A Lady. Austen's novels are famous for the way they seem to exist in a small, self-contained universe. There are almost no references in her work to the events of the larger world. Between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, English literature underwent a dramatic transition. The 18th century had seen the rise of the novel in the works of writers like Daniel Defoe (Moll Flanders) and Samuel Richardson (Pamela). It was only published under her name after her death. Creative writing tips and tasks. How to start your own book club. Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Genre: Classic, History, Human Interest, Romance. eBook and Audiobook User Guide. After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must move to a small cottage in Barton Park.

Sense and Sensibility is a coming of age novel, marked by Jane Austen's deliciously ironic and sharp wit and famously . Sense and Sensibility is a charming story of two sisters who see life from two very different viewpoints.

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Sense and Sensibility. tune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rath-er cold hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties. Had he married a more amiable woman, he might have been. made still more respectable than he was:-he might even have been made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife.

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Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, the novel is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century society.

Sense and sensibility Photographs are from the motion picture Sense and Sensibility and are . The film was very faithful to the novel and brilliantly conveyed Jane Austen’s wit and irony to a modern audience. 1 The Dashwood family. Photographs are from the motion picture Sense and Sensibility and are reproduced by courtesy of Columbia Pictures. Word count (main text): 24,345 words. For very many years there had been Dashwoods living in Sussex, in the south of England.