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by Jane Austen (Author), Sarah Badel (Reader) "The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd; Unabridged edition (20 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1855494000
  • ISBN-13: 978-1855494008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense. Now an award-winning movie written by Emma Thompson. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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Jane Austen here sets social snobbery against summer picnics; social rejection against the passion of real love. Her warm portrait of the relationship between two very different sisters contrasts with her precise observation of the vanity, selfishness and snobbery of their society. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Super story, 25 Mar 2008
By Mehajabeen Farid "Mej_da_reviewer" (Coventry) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility (Puffin Classics) (Paperback)
This book is a Puffin Classic and it really is a true unforgettable and terrific tale. This tale is very moving and that is why I really like it! It is by the author of Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen! I thoroughly enjoyed it - the rating that I would give it is definitely 9/ 10, and think that older children aged from 10 - 15, like me, would like it and that those who were younger would not really understand (or get pleasure from reading) it very much. Here is the storyline: Elinor and Marianne are both sisters, who are (strangely) immensely different but they are always there for each other and their sister-in-law as well.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Jane Austen's First Look at English Society, 27 Oct 2007
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
Most people who have read Jane Austen will have read Pride and Prejudice. With a title like Sense and Sensibility, most readers will assume that the two books can be interpreted and enjoyed in the same way. Other than having three word titles that employ alliteration in the first and third words, the two novels are more different than similar.

While Pride and Prejudice is primarily about miscommunication, Sense and Sensibility is about the maturation of two sisters as they find themselves confronted by adversity. The former topic allows Ms. Austen more room to roam, but within the later topic she has plenty of opportunities to display her story telling and comic talents. While maturation is an important sub theme in Pride and Prejudice, you see maturation better developed in Sense and Sensibility.

When their father dies, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret find themselves in exile from their family home with their mother. The family estate had been left to their half brother whom their father exhorted to take care of them. But that promise is soon diluted into doing almost nothing through the selfishness of his wife and his vacillation. A relative kindly offers them a country cottage near his home and takes obvious pleasure in their company.

At this modest new home, Elinor found herself entertaining the welcome attentions of Edward Ferrars. Elinor's younger sister, Marianne, is all aflutter over John Willoughby who seems to be committed to her. In fact, everyone assumes that there will soon be wedding bells for Marianne and Willoughby.

All of these pleasant connections are, however, soon disrupted. Willoughby leaves and ignores Marianne. Elinor finds out an unexpected secret about Ferrars that puts her on her caution in pursuing their relationship. As these complications develop, Marianne soon finds herself distraught despite having attracted another suitor, the reliable, but older, Colonel Brandon. Elinor steps into the breach to try to help her sister regain her equilibrium. Both learn what a broken heart can feel like and adjust in their own separate ways.

In vintage Jane Austen style, all bets are off near the end of the book as characters take unexpected steps that open up new possibilities. There's no one quite like Jane Austen for pulling great twists in her romantic comedies. These twists will cause your jaw to drop.

Try not to compare this book to Pride and Prejudice. It's clearly a lesser work, but one that can certainly be enjoyed in its own right.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful and witty book, 9 Sep 1999
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This review is from: Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
Sense and sensibility is a book about life and love. The story unfolds around the lives of two sisters - Elinor: full of love, reserve, caution, and sense; Marianne full of love, passion and sensibility. They fall in love with men who are of the same character. However, through no fault of their own, they are both thwarted in love. This book is full of entertaing characters and delightful satire. Jane Austen presents a fascinating view of human nature: both the fickle and the genuine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sense and Sensibile Good Reading`
The story is classic to Jane Austen's writing style.

It was a great read and kept me wondering even though i had seen the movie first. Read more

Published on 2 Aug 2004 by ugli

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth a read
This is a beautiful book. It is one to read in the garden on a summer afternoon. To me it is different from Austen's other novels and has something young and fresh about it. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars I have given this book more stars than it deserves
I will not go into the storyline because I do not want to bore you. Basically these old fashioned girls that nobody cares about act stupidly about foppish gentlemen. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 1999 by kipoki

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Sense and Sensibility is a wonderful novel that shows how great a love one has for their family. In all circumstances, Elinor never once demonstrated her misery in front of... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars See the movie, then read the book
Jane Austen fans are said to be most enthusiastic in their support for her writing, and after reading Sense and Sensibility, I could understand why. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest books I've read.
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