- Paperback: 356 pages
- Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books (8 Jan 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0760700451
- ISBN-13: 978-0760700457
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book,
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility (Clothbound Classics) (Hardcover)
What can I say, a great classic (my favourite!) and it looks and feels amazing with the new cover.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Witty and entertaining,
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
This book was chosen for my reading group and I had mixed feelings before starting it. I did not enjoy Pride and Prejudice at school, probably because of the way it was taught; I hated Emma (she must be the most irritating heroine ever!); and although I quite enjoyed Mansfield Park I wouldn't say it was one of my all-time favourite reads.
Sense and Sensibility to me is in a different class. For a start it is quite a page-turner in that you really want to know what happens next. Yes, it is a story of thwarted love, but it is much more a comedy of manners. Austen's subtle wit and observation of her characters is masterly. Her depiction of the cruelty of Lucy's "friendship" towards Elinor is perfect, so that when she Elinor is to leave for London, Austen writes "she was pleased to be free herself from the persecution of Lucy's friendship". What a wonderfully expressive way to describe it. Of the nine members in my group, six of us loved the book and the other three were less enthusiastic, partly through having been put off the classics at school. We also watched the Emma Thompson film and all enjoyed that, even those who didn't care for the book. In my opinion, though, the film lacks the subtle nuances and deliciously acid wit that comes across so well in the book. One criticism that was widely shared - some of the sentences are immensely long so that you lose the thread by time you get to the end. This, I think, is simply an aspect of 18th/19th century literature and it just means you have to give the book your full concentration. I also made a note of the various characters names as I went along as there are quite a number and it can get confusing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A pretty cover, but ...,
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility: A Classic Romance (Paperback)
Not a lot on the inside, and especially lacking guidance for the new reader through the jungle of etiquette and vocabularly etc., of the time!
This series as a whole presents the stories of Jane Austen, some information pertinent to the time of the story, and a bit of Austen family history (all interesting, of course)but not a further page is wasted adding anything which would make the journey - and pleasure - for the first-timer easier. For a newcomer to the author, much more is needed, and I would suggest these "pretty-cover" versions for an experienced Jane-ite, or someone who is familiar with the background details of the era itself. Newcomers: try the Wordsworth Classics, Oxford World's Classics, or Penguin copies for greater help. There's an Austen-type message here for us - don't judge a book (or a person) by the cover!
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