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Summary:

"Sense and Sensibility (1811) marked the auspicious debut of a novelist identified only as "A Lady." Jane Austen's name has since become as familiar as Shakespeare's, and her tale of two sisters has lost none of its power to delight. Patricia Meyer Spacks guides readers to a deeper appreciation of the richness of Austen's delineation of her heroines, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, as they experience love, romance, and heartbreak. On display again in the editor's running commentary are the wit and light touch that delighted readers of Spacks's Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition. In her notes, Spacks elucidates language and allusions that have become obscure (What are Nabobs? When is rent day?), draws comparisons to Austen's other work and to that of her precursors, and gives an idea of how other critics have seen the novel. In her introduction and annotations, she explores Austen's sympathy with both Elinor and Marianne, the degree to which the sisters share "sense" and "sensibility," and how they must learn from each other. Both manage to achieve security and a degree of happiness by the novel's end. Austen's romance, however, reveals darker overtones, and Spacks does not leave unexamined the issue of the social and psychological restrictions of women in Austen's era." -- Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Volume I. : Chapters 1-22
• Volume II. : Chapters 1-14
• Volume III : Chapters 1-14.

Author/Creator:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Contributors:

Spacks, Patricia Ann Meyer , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Sense and sensibility: an annotated edition [by Austen, J.]

Subjects:

Young women — England — Fiction

Sisters — England — Fiction

Gentry — England — Fiction

Inheritance and succession — Fiction

Mate selection — Fiction

Man-woman relationships — Fiction

England — Social life and customs — 19th century — Fiction

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 — Sense and sensibility

Sense and sensibility (Austen, Jane)

1800-1899

Gentry

Inheritance and succession

Mate selection

Man-woman relationships

Manners and customs

Young women

Sisters

England

Genres:

Domestic fiction

Regency fiction

Romance fiction

Fiction

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

431 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

PR4034 .S4 2013

ISBNs:

9780674724556 (alk. paper)
0674724550 (alk. paper)

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40022804028

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2013017843

OCLC Numbers:

840460708