Jane Austen

Sense And Sensibility Jane Austen

Publisher Marketing: This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating "sense and sensibility" in its world. A potential marriage prospect must make "sense" by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. Provided one can find such a match among the eligible persons of the opposite sex, one then hopes for "sensibility," or capacity for emotion, so that if love is not immediately to hand, it might come around later. And while these gentlemen and ladies make their hopeful pirouettes in the social eye, they must of course adhere to all the forms of civility. Jane Austen writes of the family of a gentleman named Dashwood who dies and leaves most of his fortune to his son, with the understanding that he will "look out for" his mother and three sisters. When that son marries a grasping woman who convinces him that his sisters' funds are suitable to their needs and so require no contributions from his inherited fortune, the sisters are left to play the game of "Sense and Sensibility" in earnest. But all's not fair in love. Carefully prepared "attachments" can and do go awry when gentlemen find other young women of greater fortunes than the Dashwood sisters. So, will they marry for love? Or money? Or perhaps, not at all? Review Citations: People Weekly 04/11/2011 pg. 58 (EAN 9780140378504, Paperback) Library Journal 11/01/1996 (EAN 9780745127699, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 02/01/1996 pg. 104 (EAN 9780679601951, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 35 (EAN 9780679409878, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 722 (EAN 9780679409878, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 24 (EAN 9780679409878, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 876 (EAN 9780679409878, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 28 (EAN 9780679409878, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/09/2011 pg. 77 (EAN 9780143106524, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Austen, Jane Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose works are among the most popular novels ever written. Her keen eye for social tension, and ear for taut, witty dialogue have delighted readers for centuries, while her novels have maintained historical importance through their analysis of the dependence of women on marriage to gain social standing and security. She has been widely adapted for both stage and screen, and continues to be among the most widely-read of late-18th-/early 19th-century writers.