Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
'Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.'
Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.
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‘Sense and Sensibility is smart and delightful. Brilliantly portraying the raw emotions of two sisters navigating through the stifling etiquette of Victorian society. Fantastically realised characters.’
Author : Jane Austen
Edition : Vintage Classics, Paperback, 444 pages
ISBN : 9780099589341
Weight: 331 g
Dimensions: 178 x 129 x 28 mm
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