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Subject(s)

• Inheritance and succession—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Social classes—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Young women—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Sisters—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Courtship—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Families—England—Fiction [Browse]
• England—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction [Browse]

Editor

• Copeland, Edward [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]
• Novels [Browse]

Series

• Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Works. 2005 [More in this series]
• Cambridge edition of the works of Jane Austen

Summary note

Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel (1811), introduced its readers to many of the themes which would dominate Austen's future work. On one level it is a simple story of two sisters finding fulfilment within a society bounded by regulations and restrictions. But on another it is a comprehensive exploration of the moral dilemmas facing young women in the choices they have to make about their lives. Austen writes about everyday events of her own time with a subtlety and sensitivity unprecedented in the English novel. This edition takes as its copytext the second edition of 1813, which corrects some errors of the first edition. The volume provides comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, a chronology of Austen's life, and an authoritative textual apparatus. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• General Editor's Preface
• Chronology
• Introduction
• Note on the text
• Sense and Sensibility
• Corrections and Emendations to 1813 texts
• List of abbreviations
• Explanatory notes.

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ISBN

• 0521824362 ((hbk.))
• 9780521824361

LCCN

2005032569

OCLC

62330652

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