The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume I [electronic resource] : Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park
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"The first volume in the Complete Novels of Jane Austen, this volume contains
the classics Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Sense and Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be published,
coming out in 1811. It had a long gestation, beginning as Elinor and Marianne,
an epistolary novel that Austen wrote in the 1790s. The novel centers on the
sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who are forced to leave their home with
their mother and younger sister, Margaret, and move in reduced circumstances to
the West of England. Elinor, the sensible sister, and Marianne, the
overimaginative romantic, must rely on a good marriage as a means of support. As
their excellent schemes are intruded upon, Austen subtly explores the marriage
game of her times, as both sense and sensibility affect the sisters' chances of
happiness and comfort.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
""It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single m...
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Author:
Jane Austen, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Modern Library, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file) (912)
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General/trade
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780679641148
Language:
English
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437913
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