Sense and Sensibility

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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen - Author Ros Ballaster - Introduction by Ros Ballaster - Notes by Tony Tanner - Preface by £4.99 Book: Paperback \| 111 x 181mm \| 416 pages \| ISBN 9780141028156 \| 06 Apr 2006 \| Pocket Penguin Classics

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.