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Accompanying the complete text of Sense and Sensibility are a variety of supporting materials, including selected literary works in the sentimental tradition; the text of Love and Freindship (sic), Austen's youthful burlesque of the sentimental literature of the time; and an excerpt from Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In addition, a selection of Romantic poems demonstrates parallels between Austen's novel and the works of her male contemporaries.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cengage Learning; 1st edition (September 17, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0618084835
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0618084838
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.55 x 8.1 inches

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Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817. As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma(1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.
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Gemma Barder is an author of a variety of children's books and specialises in activity books and middle grade chapter books. She has written about everything from dinosaurs to Jane Austen - and all that comes in between! She lives in the midlands with her family and a mischievous cocker spaniel.
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Amazing quality, and beautiful looking.

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024

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This was a gift to my daughter. I was truly amazed that the quality but the beauty of the book I haven’t seen except the additional one I purchased for her

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024

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In my quest to read the classics I read this nice novel!

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It is a classic and one of my absolute favorite books from Jane Austen.
I really need a physical copy 😩

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Superb Modern Library edition of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Hardcover, excellent size, acid-free matte paper, good size font for reading. Wonderful seller.

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The results of love!

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Jane Austen's writing is one that I had trouble with when I first started reading the classics and over the time I have come to really enjoy. She took the time period and the problems of women in that time to different levels and put it out there for others to read. I found this book filled with heartache to be a perfect example of it.

The problems that women faced were numerous and the fact that they could only do two things in life, either marry or not was a given fact. Ms Austen brings to life the perils of the first and what can happen when a young woman fell in love and it was not returned. Driven to heartbreak she told how Marianne fell ill with the loss of her love and her sister, Elinor fell to hidden despair at the same time.

We also were given an example of the honor of the men of that time. Both in Edward but also in Colonel Brandon. As I have found with all of her books though she leads us on a merry chase to only have the happy ever after endings. However in this book we do find that there were some really interesting twists and turns to get us there.

What did I like about this book, well I think what I found is the honor of both men was the best. Edward and Colonel Brandon were both in a complicated love but in different ways. Edward due to folly and the Colonel due to a lost love. I was so proud of Edward when he stood by his commitment, even when his mother disowned him. Then the Colonel so giving even when he thought there was no chance for himself.

What did I not like, well that has to be obvious, Lucy and Fanny. They both drove me mad with anger. Throw in the stupidity of Edwards mother and it was enough to really give way to a fit. I know that even today there are women like that but it just made my skin crawl.

The best part of the whole book though was the ending. Edward to be released from the commitment and allowing him the chance for true love and for the Colonel to win the love of Marianne. Of course, even better than that was the love of family that surrounded all of them.

Reading the classics is an honor that should be required of our younger generations so that they can see just how far we have come. They have a freedom that was unheard of and yet they don't seen to understand how much they have. Even I have learned to really appreciate what so many prior to me have gone through just so that I have the right to make a decision for myself. This was a really great read and I am looking forward to continuing my enjoyment of the classics.

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A poor audiobook rendition of a wonderful classic tale

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Numerous factors in the execution of this audiobook reading rankle the sensibilities of this listener. (Thus I begin my rant.) First, the CD is an abridged version, which I didn't realize, or I would never have purchased it (my bad). HOWEVER, they would have been able to incorporate much more of Austen's wonderful novel had the superfluous classical music segues spattered liberally between chapters and scenes been eliminated! If I'm listening to an audiobook, I want to hear the book being read! In addition to these flaws, the volume consistency of the reading is very poor. One moment I'm turning the radio up to catch a whispered conversation between Elinor and Colonel Brandon; the next, Margaret's voice is screeching out of the speakers, and I am frantically trying to turn down the volume! These drastic variations in volume occur throughout the reading. Finally, I found the core material chosen for the abridgement to be lacking, making the entire presentation seem rather rushed. Exchanges that can be found in many of the other adaptations of S&S are omitted here, such as Marianne and Willoughby's extended (and scathing) observations on Colonel Brandon, and much later Marianne's lamentations on her own conduct to Elinor. These and many other scenes that would help show the various character's transformations as the novel progresses are given only cursory attention--a sentence or two where pages are provided by Austen. All in all, I would suggest passing this rendition by if looking for a comprehensive telling of S&S.

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These Macmillan editions are gorgeous! Book is decent size font is small but readable

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Rona V.

Beautiful and practical

Reviewed in Germany on April 29, 2024

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This is a very nice little volume, easy to hold or to carry around, pretty with dust jacket or without, a good font in a good size, practical bookmark. I've never watched the film, have an idea of what it's about and am currently enjoying Austen's witty and precise descriptions. It is much more entertaining and pleasant to read than I expected.

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Elinor Dashwood is a queen

Reviewed in India on January 29, 2024

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My copy of the book was excellent. Perfect font size and perfect thickness of pages.

This is definitely Austen's most saddest story (persuasion being the most melodramatic one). Her humour remains intact throughout the suffering that our heroines go through. I do think amongst all her novels Eliza Senior and her daughter were the ones to have the most painful story which does make the novel quite depressing at one point.
This is also the austen novel where we see barely much interaction with the girls and their love interests but yet she makes it worthwhile. Edward and Elinor were beautiful. His decision to always do right even if at the cost of person pain makes the happy ending even more glorious. Marianne's character arc was also very great. And Elinor definitely is one of Austen's strongest lead character.

Giusy

Libro usato in ottime condizioni

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Ho comprato il libro usato e, come segnalato dal venditore, è presente qualche segno (insignificante) di usura unicamente sulla copertina.
L'interno è in perfetto stato.
Il libro è bellissimo, le pagine sono perfettamente leggibili e può essere uno strumento utile per praticamente la lettura in inglese e arricchire il proprio lessico.
Last but not least, la storia narrata è un capolavoro della letteratura inglese.
Consigliato.

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Aneta

Different cover

Reviewed in Poland on March 21, 2023

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The book arrived in a timely manner and without any signs of damage. However, I was quite dissapointed to discover that the cover was a bit different from the one on the website (it had pink flowers on it, not light yellow as my copy has). It is not a tragedy, but I guess anyone who collects certain editions will understand. The content of the book in terms of print and quality of notes as usually with Penguin Clothbound Classics 10/10.

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Excellent Classic

Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2020

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5+ stars (8/10 hearts). This was the last Austen book I read. The first time I read it, I wasn’t enthusiastic—probably because I was still reeling from shock by the end. But this time, I loved it. It’s… well, it’s silly to say it’s one of my favourites because I love them all, but I really do enjoy this one even more than some of the others. It’s so hard to rate the Austen books, but when I think about it I can set a pretty clear ranking based on how deeply I love the books. To me, Northanger Abbey is really only a hilarious satirical romp with a few good lessons, but Pride & Prejudice is a sparkling masterpiece of wit and style and character—an amazing story, an excellent piece of literature, and a splendid lesson. Emma is a sweet, light-hearted, yet thought-provoking journey, while Mansfield Park is a very deep, almost wistful & nostalgic bittersweet reflection. Persuasion is a delightful, satisfying romance… which I need to reread because I remember nothing more about it… and Sense & Sensibility strikes me a sort of mashup of Emma + Pride & Prejudice in style… more mature and serious than P&P, but with a more somber lesson than Emma.

Of course, the writing style was superb. Austen has a great gift for saying much while saying little, and is full of grace and dignity and beauty. Her trick of portraying character and setting in a few little strokes is pure genius, and her deep weave of plot and arc are absolutely amazing—and her witty humour! There’s just so much of it! Also, I say this every time, but Austen more than any other writer makes the people of past centuries live for me and reminds me most strikingly how we’re all human, and there’s nothing new under the sun… even slang!

The characters were similarly splendidly done. I find it so interesting how much I relate both to Marianne and to Elinor. I am not quite as silly and impolite as Marianne (I hope), but I certainly relate to her in many ways and was even more like her as a teen… And while as an oldest child I relate to Elinor a lot, I am not as steady and polite as Elinor (I wish). What a model she is, to be sure! She is such a wonderful woman—courageous, strong, beautiful, responsible, loving, and desirous of well-doing in all. Marianne was very sweet, and she meant well—but the older I get the more I understand how foolish her 17-year-old opinions are. Even if I still understand her POV very much. ;)

And then there's You-Know-Who. I love him, and then hate him, and then am fascinated into loving him again, and then despise him… I simply can’t figure him out and just puzzle over him and try to understand him for a long time after finishing the book. He made me think of Henry Crawford. Both were SO close to redemption but were too weak and threw it aside... and lost forever. (On that topic, though, he did make an important point: “I do not mean to justify myself, but at the same time cannot leave you to suppose that I have nothing to urge—that because she was injured she was irreproachable, and because I was a libertine, she must be a saint.” That is not something people consider enough—and not just about him.) He’s really a heartbreak… and like Elinor, I don’t know how to think of him.

As for Colonel Brandon, I loved him from start to finish. He’s simply amazing. I disliked Edward at first, but he won my regard and kept it to the end. What a respectable, honourable man he was! He messed up—he reminds me of Edmund Bertram—but he pulled through it all with good character. Lucy was horrid (though I always like her at first and am astonished by her nastiness); Robert was awful; Fanny and John were simply terrible; and Mrs. Ferrars (who is not a caricature!) is an ogress. Lady Middleton was... just… very irritating… yet she had her good points; and Sir John you couldn't help liking even as you shook your head or rolled your eyes at him. As for Mrs. Jennings, I learned to love her. She had so much real love and kindliness! Charlott Palmer was just… *shrugs*... and Mr. Palmer was mostly *eyeroll,* but ended up better than I expected; and I did like Mrs. Dashwood, even if she could be foolish and easily swayed. She was at least very loving and honestly admitted to her mistakes.

As for the storyline, it was hooking. I read this entire book in pretty much two days/sessions because I simply COULD NOT put it down. The plot was so done. What a rollercoaster! What laughter, what horror, what smiles! It’s sobering story, really, with some excellent lessons. I think what you come away with most is—how strong is your character? This is what will sink you or save you. Could I stand like Edward? Endure like Elinor? Persevere like Colonel Brandon? Am I judging people by appearances, or by their characters, or by their status, or by their influence? Do I passionately pursue your own loves and passionately grieve my own pain without noticing the hurt it can give others? Do I blindly pursue what is not for me, or happily choose to do what is not seemly because the one I love suggests it? This one whom I love—is he worthy of my love?

There’s so much to take away and to come back for.

Content: A woman related to one of the MCs is married to a man she despises and runs away from home with another man. Being abandoned by him, she births his child and becomes a prostitute. Her daughter (16) is seduced by another young man, impregnated, and abandoned. Barely detailed + tastefully handled, but probably for ages 16/18+ depending on situation.

A Favourite Quote: “Four months!”—cried Marianne again.—“So calm! so cheerful! how have you been supported?”—
“By feeling that I was doing my duty.— ... I did not love only him;—and while the comfort of others was dear to me, I was glad to spare them from knowing how much I felt. Now, I can think and speak of it with little emotion. I would not have you suffer on my account.”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: “They gaily ascended the downs, rejoicing in their own penetration at every glimpse of blue sky; and when they caught in their faces the animating gales of a high south-westerly wind, they pitied the fears which had prevented their mother and Elinor from sharing such delightful sensations. “Is there a felicity in the world,” said Marianne, “superior to this?—Margaret, we will walk here at least two hours.” Margaret agreed, and they pursued their way against the wind, resisting it with laughing delight for about twenty minutes longer.”
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of Edward a few weeks ago, had robbed her of one; the similar annihilation of Robert had left her for a fortnight without any; and now, by the resuscitation of Edward, she had one again. In spite of his being allowed once more to live, however, he did not feel the continuance of his existence secure, till he had revealed his present engagement.”

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