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Sense and Sensibility

By Jane Austen, Ros Ballaster (Editor), Tony Tanner (Preface), Ros Ballaster (Preface)

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| Paperback | 0141439661 | Details

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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 struggContinue

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 to those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sens must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's instroduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.

Edited with an introduction and notes by ROS BALLASTER.

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