Sense and Sensibility

Hardback

Main Details

Title Sense and Sensibility
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jane Austen
Introduction by Henry Hitchings
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
SeriesMacmillan Collector's Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 157,Width 102
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781909621695
ClassificationsDewey:823.7
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication Date 14 July 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, the novel is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century society. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Author Biography

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

Reviews

Austen's genius lies in her style and elegance of mind -- Amanda Craig * Independent * Austen's oeuvre is inviolable - it can never be unwritten -- Francesca Segal * The Guardian *