Sense & Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.|Jane Austen the daughter of a clergyman was born in Hampshire in 1775 and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement as well as a novella Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen died in 1817 and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.|'The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste' Virginia WoolfJane Austen's subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression lies and seduction brilliantly portrays a world where rigid social convention clashes with the impulses of the heart. It tells the story of two very different sisters who find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Marianne wild and impulsive falls dangerously in love while Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings even from those closest to her. Edited with an Introduction by ROS BALLASTER