{"product_id":"sense-and-sensibility-paperback-22","title":"Sense and Sensibility - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Arkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eStephen Arkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, the first of Austen's novels to be published, remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSense and Sensibility is one of the best loved of Jane Austen's novels, populated by great comic creations like Mrs. Jennings, the unscrupulous cad Willoughby, and guileless and artful women. As ever, Austen suffuses her work with great ironic observation and tremendous wit, producing a masterpiece of romantic entanglement that time and a very different set of mores cannot diminish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165645377671,"sku":"9781853260162","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e722c6ce959fdcd5ece371847261ab3c.webp?v=1733315064","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sense-and-sensibility-paperback-22","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}