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Sense and Sensibility: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Sense and Sensibility: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

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Sense and Sensibility is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Austen, Jane (1775–1817).

Catalogue synopsis

Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen is a novel published in 1811. When the Dashwood sisters are forced from their family estate into reduced circumstances, they face romantic trials that test their contrasting natures. Sensible Elinor guards her feelings while passionate Marianne wears her heart openly. Both encounter love, disappointment, and betrayal as suitors prove honorable or false. Through heartbreak and revelation, the sisters must navigate society's demands while discovering what truly matters in matters of the heart.

Book and edition facts

  • Title: Sense and Sensibility
  • Author credits: Austen, Jane (1775–1817)
  • Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

  • Domestic fiction
  • England -- Fiction
  • England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
  • Gentry -- England -- Fiction
  • Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
  • Love stories
  • Mate selection -- Fiction
  • Regency fiction
  • Sisters -- Fiction
  • Social classes -- Fiction
  • Young women -- Fiction

Gutenberg collections

  • Category: British Literature
  • Category: Classics of Literature
  • Category: Novels
  • Category: Romance

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