Sense and Sensibility

Jane AustenPublished: 06/11/2008

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Jane Austen sets social snobbery against summer picnics; social rejection against the passion of real love. Her warm portrait of the relationship between two very different sisters contrasts her precise observation of vanity, selfishness and snobbery.

ISBN: 9780141040370 Category:

Description

Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love – and its threatened loss – the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Additional information

Weight 0.7 kg
Dimensions 20 × 13.6 × 3.8 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

409

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.7 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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