Sense and Sensibility

'The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste' Virginia Woolf

Jane Austen's subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression, lies and seduction, brilliantly portrays a world where rigid social convention clashes with the impulses of the heart. It tells the story of two very different sisters who find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Marianne, wild and impulsive, falls dangerously in love, while Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.

Edited with an Introduction by ROS BALLASTER

Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 04/29/2003
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.09w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780141439662
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.4
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12795 / Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged)

About the Author
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. She is also the author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.

Ros Ballaster is Professor of 18th Century Studies at Mansfield College, Oxford.