Sense and Sensibility
Originally published in 1811
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Language: English50 chapters
Source: Project GutenbergIdentifier: 161
Synopsis
Sense and Sensibility was Jane Austen's first novel. It appeared in 1811 with no author's name on its title page, which read only “By A Lady”, and its working title had been Elinor and Marianne. When Henry Dashwood dies, his son John, persuaded by his wife, fails to provide for his stepmother and half-sisters, who must leave their estate in Sussex for a modest cottage in Devon, Barton Cottage. The story follows the two eldest sisters: Elinor, guided by sense, meaning judgement and prudence, and Marianne, ruled by sensibility, meaning feeling and emotion. The two qualities are not shown as opposites, and each sister learns from the other. Through their fortunes, Austen examines inheritance, the vulnerable position of women and marriage as a safeguard of their future.
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01CHAPTER I.02CHAPTER II.03CHAPTER III.04CHAPTER IV.05CHAPTER V.06CHAPTER VI.07CHAPTER VII.08CHAPTER VIII.09CHAPTER IX.10CHAPTER X.11CHAPTER XI.12CHAPTER XII.13CHAPTER XIII.14CHAPTER XIV.15CHAPTER XV.16CHAPTER XVI.17CHAPTER XVII.18CHAPTER XVIII.19CHAPTER XIX.20CHAPTER XX.21CHAPTER XXI.22CHAPTER XXII.23CHAPTER XXIII.24CHAPTER XXIV.25CHAPTER XXV.26CHAPTER XXVI.27CHAPTER XXVII.28CHAPTER XXVIII.29CHAPTER XXIX.30CHAPTER XXX.31CHAPTER XXXI.32CHAPTER XXXII.33CHAPTER XXXIII.34CHAPTER XXXIV.35CHAPTER XXXV.36CHAPTER XXXVI.37CHAPTER XXXVII.38CHAPTER XXXVIII.39CHAPTER XXXIX.40CHAPTER XL.41CHAPTER XLI.42CHAPTER XLII.43CHAPTER XLIII.44CHAPTER XLIV.45CHAPTER XLV.46CHAPTER XLVI.47CHAPTER XLVII.48CHAPTER XLVIII.49CHAPTER XLIX.50CHAPTER L.