Sense and Sensibility: a novel by Jane Austen published in 1811. It was published anonymously By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's ... of the Dashwood sisters Elinor and Marianne.

Sense and Sensibility By Jane AustenSense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen published in 1811. It was published anonymously By A Lady appears on the title page where the authors name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16 1/2) as they come of age. They have an older half-brother John and a younger sister Margaret 13.The novel follows the three Dashwood sisters as they must move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up Norland Park. Because Norland is passed down to John the product of Mr. Dashwoods first marriage and his young son the four Dashwood women need to look for a new home. They have the opportunity to rent a modest home Barton Cottage on the property of a distant relative Sir John Middleton. There they experience love romance and heartbreak. The novel is likely set in southwest England London and Sussex between 1792 and 1797.The novel which sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813 marked a success for its author. It had a second print run later that year. It was the first Austen title to be republished in England after her death and the first illustrated Austen produced in Britain in Richard Bentleys Standard Novels series of 1833. The novel has been in continuous publication since 1811 and has many times been illustrated excerpted abridged and adapted for stage and film. In March 2020 there were 20 different editions available as new books.Henry Dashwood his second wife and their three daughters live for many years with Henrys wealthy bachelor uncle at Norland Park a large country estate in Sussex. That uncle decides in late life to will the use and income only of his property first to Henry then to Henrys first son (by his first marriage) John Dashwood so that the property should pass intact to Johns three-year-old son Harry. The uncle dies but Henry lives just a year after that and he is unable in such short time to save enough money for his wife Mrs Dashwood and their daughters Elinor Marianne and Margaret who are left only a small income. On his deathbed Mr Henry Dashwood extracts a promise from his son John to take care of his half-sisters. But before Henry is long in the grave Johns greedy wife Fanny persuades her husband to renege on the promise appealing to his concerns about diminishing his own son Harrys inheritance despite the fact that John is already independently wealthy thanks to both his inheritance from his mother and his wifes dowry. Henry Dashwoods love for his second family is also used by Fanny to arouse her husbands jealousy and persuade him not to help his sisters financially.John and Fanny immediately move in as the new owners of Norland while the Dashwood women are treated as unwelcome guests by a spiteful Fanny. Mrs Dashwood seeks somewhere else to live. In the meantime Fannys brother Edward Ferrars visits Norland and is attracted to Elinor. Fanny disapproves of their budding romance and offends Mrs Dashwood by implying that Elinor must be motivated by his expectations of coming into money.