Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen
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‘'I am afraid,' replied Elinor, 'that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety' - Sense & Sensibility

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Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are forced by their father’s death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.

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"Jane Austen is my favourite author" - E.M. Forster

"The technique of [Jane Austen's novels] is beyond praise.... Her mastery of the art she chose, or that chose her, is complete" - Elizabeth Bowen

"The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste" - Virginia Woolf

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