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Sense and Sensibility
Madame Bovary
Great Expectations
Sense and Sensibility
Madame Bovary
chapter • 327 Pages
Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility

Written by Jane Austen
17 - 99
Reading age
327
Page count
Oct 30, 1811
Publication date
Paperback
$6.95
$6.46

Summary

In her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen presents us with the subtle portraits of two contrasting but equally compelling heroines. For sensible Elinor Dashwood and her impetuous younger sister Marianne the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune nor connections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centered fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, while Marianne’s unswerving belief in the truth of her own feelings makes her more dangerously susceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men. Through her heroines’ parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope, Jane Austen offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which women’s lives were shaped by the claustrophobic society in which they had to survive. This revised edition contains new notes, appendices, chronology, and bibliography.

Oxford World's Classics Series

Published from 1811 - 1861
3 books
chapter • 327 Pages
Sense and Sensibility
Paperback
$6.95$6.46
chapter • 329 Pages
Madame Bovary
Paperback
$10.95$10.18
chapter • 544 Pages
Great Expectations
Paperback
$7.95$7.39

The Creatives Behind the Books

    Author
    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen is an English novelist who lived during the 18th century.

    Author
    Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens is regarded by many as the most successful and accomplished writer of the Victorian era. He wrote 15 novels that introduced to the world many memorable characters, not list of which is the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. From has platform as a famous writer, Dickens championed rights for children and society’s poor.

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