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Sense and sensibility

Two sisters, one practical and conventional and the other emotional and sentimental, find that only through compromise of their mutual differences can they get along.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : New York : J.M. Dent ; E.P. Dutton, 1973.
Series:	Everyman's library ; 21.
Subjects:	Inheritance and succession > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. England > Fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Domestic fiction.
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Summary:	Two sisters, one practical and conventional and the other emotional and sentimental, find that only through compromise of their mutual differences can they get along.
Item Description:	"This edition was first published in ... 1906." New introduction included in 1962.
Physical Description:	xiv, 322 pages ; 18 cm
Bibliography:	Select Bibliography: pages xiii-xiv.
ISBN:	9780307386878 0307386872
Author Notes:	Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors. (Bowker Author Biography)