Sense and Sensibility |
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Author:
| Austen, Jane |
ISBN: | 978-1-4223-9431-1 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2008 |
Publisher: | DIANE Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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`Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security¿. Jane Austen¿s sardonic humor lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy & the poignancy inherent in the struggles of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. ¿Sense & Sensibility¿ is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor & Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor¿s character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a...
More Description`Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security¿. Jane Austen¿s sardonic humor lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy & the poignancy inherent in the struggles of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. ¿Sense & Sensibility¿ is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor & Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor¿s character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival. This book, the first of Austen¿s novels to be published, remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was. Introduction by Stephen Arkin. Complete & unabridged.