Sense and Sensibility

In 1811 Jane Austen's first published work <b>Sense and Sensibility</b><i> </i> marked the debut of England's premier novelist of manners. Believing that 3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters into the schemes and manipulations of landed gentry determined to marry wisely and well. Neither sense nor sensibility can guarantee happiness for either--as romantic Marianne falls prey to a dangerous rascal and reasonable Elinor loses her heart to a gentleman already engaged. Wonderfully entertaining yet subtle and probing in its characterizations <b>Sense and Sensibility</b> richly displays the supreme artistry of a great English novelist.