Sense & Sensibility

Two sisters lose their home and most of their income in the opening chapters, and the rest of Jane Austen's novel watches them manage feeling and circumstance by opposite methods. Elinor keeps her judgement and her counsel; Marianne gives hers away freely. Austen tracks the consequences of both through courtships, misjudged confidences and the small economies of reduced gentry life, with dialogue doing most of the work and the comedy sitting very close to the disappointment. Standout qualities: • Austen's first published novel in its complete English text • A study of two sisters that doubles as a study of two temperaments • Sharp dialogue on money, marriage and social obligation • A length and clarity that suit classroom study Recommended for literature students, Austen readers and collectors of English classics, available at Boipoka.