Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1092433767
Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated) by Jane Austen Pdf
About the Series "Jane Austen's Notable Works"Volume 1. Lady Susan / Northanger Abbey (Annotated). Annotations by Geraldine Edith Mitton: "Jane Austen and Her Times" with twenty-one illustrations.Volume 2. Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated) Illustrations by C. E. Brock (Charles Edmund Brock) from the 1895 Edition.Volume 3. Mansfield Park / Emma (Illustrated by C. E. Brock from the 1909 Edition)Volume 4. Persuasion (Illustrated by C. E. Brock from the 1909 Edition).VOLUME 2Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16 1/2) as they come of age. They have an older, stingy half-brother, John, and a younger sister, Margaret, 13.The novel follows the three Dashwood sisters as they must move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up, Norland Park. Because Norland is passed down to John, the product of Mr. Dashwood's first marriage, and his young son, the four Dashwood women need to look for a new home. They have the opportunity to rent a modest home, Barton Cottage, on the property of a distant relative, Sir John Middleton. There they experience love, romance, and heartbreak.Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel by Jane Austen. It charts the emotional development of the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, marriage and money during the Regency era in Britain.This novel has long fascinated readers, consistently appearing near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the general public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold and paved the way for many archetypes that abound in modern literature.
