Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility (Bantam Classics)

Sense and Sensibility (Bantam Classics) by Austen, Jane

Published by Bantam Classics, 1982

Two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their 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.