{"product_id":"sense-and-sensibility-paperback-1","title":"Sense and Sensibility - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMary Balogh\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo sisters of opposing temperaments who share the pangs of new love provide the theme for Jane Austen's dramatically human narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I wish as well as everybody else to be perfectly happy but like everybody else it must be in my own way.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elinor, practical and conventional, is the perfection of sense. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, is the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense. Jane Austen's authentic representation of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life, written with forceful insight and gentle irony, makes her novels the enduring works on the mores and manners of her time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Mary Balogh \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen \u003c\/b\u003e(1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, a rector, and his wife, Cassandra. Like many girls of her day, she was educated at home, where she began her literary career by writing parodies and skits for the amusement of her large family. Although Austen did not marry, she did have several suitors and once accepted a marriage proposal, but only for an evening. Although Austen never lived apart from her family, her work shows a worldly and wise sensibility. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1811), \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003e(1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1814), \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e (1815), and \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, published together posthumously in 1818. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Drabble \u003c\/b\u003eis the highly acclaimed novelist, biographer, and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Ivory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Red Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Balogh\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Wales and after graduating from University moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high school English. Her first Regency historical love story, A Masked Deception, was published in 1985. She has written more than seventy novels since then, including the N\u003ci\u003eew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Slightly sestet and Simply quartet.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987951092013,"sku":"9780451531018","price":11.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/kcoqiYXNX99780451531018.webp?v=1776188406","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sense-and-sensibility-paperback-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}