'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. "Sense and Sensibility" is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and 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.
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN/EAN: 1853260169
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 272 pages
Country of Pub.: United Kingdom
Pub Date: 01/05/1992
Other Jane Austen books are available here too:
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Emma
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