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Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages).
- Edition:
- Third edition. / edited by John Mullan.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune nor connections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centred fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, whilst Marianne's unswerving belief in the truth of her own feelings makes her more dangerously susceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men. Through her heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope, Jane Austen offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the claustrophobic society in which they had to survive.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191920127
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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