Sense and Sensibility
By Jane Austen
Harry Hartog's review
As someone who grew up with 5 brothers, I envied the Dashwood sisters. When their father dies and the estate passes to their half-brother, the women of the Dashwood family are left to find a new place to live because their sister-in-law is actually the worst and persuades their brother to break his promise to look after the women. Through grief they find wonderful friends, love and reconnect with estranged family - Peri, Harry Hartog Penrith
Description
'\"I am afraid,\" replied Elinor, \"that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety\" - Sense & Sensibility
'I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way'
Discover the beloved story of sisters, love and society that launched Jane Austen's career.
Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.
- ISBN:
- 9780099511557
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 384
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Imprint:
- Vintage Classics
- Weight:
- 265 g