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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sense_and_SensibilitySense and Sensibility - Wikipedia

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   A common theme of Austen criticism has been on the legal aspects of society and the family, particularly wills, the rights of first and second sons, and lines of inheritance. Gene Ruoff's book Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility explores these issues in a book-length discussion of the novel.

2. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sensibilitySense and Sensibility: Study Guide - SparkNotes

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   The novel explores themes of societal expectations, the tension between reason and emotion, and the importance of finding a balance between the two. Read the free full text, the full book summary, a complete lis of character descriptions, and mini essays about key topics from Sense and Sensibility.

3. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sensibilitySense and Sensibility: Full Book Summary - SparkNotes

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   A short summary of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Sense and Sensibility.

   • Author: Jane Austen

   • Publish Year: 1811

4. fivebooks.com › book › sense-and-sensibility-jane-austenSense and Sensibility - Five Books Expert Reviews

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   Books Made into Movies. Sense and Sensibility. by Jane Austen. Recommendations from our site. “Jane Austen’s purpose is to illustrate this very Aristotelian virtue of prudence: that you’ve got to look out for your interests, you mustn’t just give in to passion.” Read more... The best books on Virtue. Edward Skidelsky, Philosopher.

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   Jane Austen’s first published work, Sense and Sensibility, published in 1811, is more straightforward than most of her later works. The story focuses on two sisters, ages 17 and 19, and how their romantic interests and relationships epitomize their different approaches to life.

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6. janeaustens.house › jane-austen › novelsSense and Sensibility - Jane Austen's House

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   The story charts their experiences in love, loss and a growing understanding of the world, themselves and each other, playing in particular on the internal conflicts between the qualities of sense and sensibility that each sister displays.

7. www.waterstones.com › book › sense-and-sensibilitySense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Professor Ros Ballaster ...

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   Nov 6, 2008 · Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that to live well requires both the bravery of open sensibility and the tempering of desire with wisdom if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.