Dec 22, 2009

Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility

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Author: Jane Austen
First Published: 1811
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Domestic realism
Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners, Bourgeois fiction
Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Middle classes, Marriage, Betrayal, Manners or customs, Social life, Emotions, England or English people, Women’s issues, Sisters, Duty, Greed, Human behavior, Naivete
Locales: Devonshire, England

Places Discussed

Barton cottage. Home of Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters, near Barton Park in Devonshire, three days’ journey from London in southwest England, that is under the control of a distant relative. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters move into the cottage after her stepson, John Dashwood, marries and his new wife makes it clear that they are no longer welcome in the home that she now manages. The women make the cottage comfortable and are resigned to the social gaucheries of Sir John Middleton and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennings, who apparently are to be their...

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Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility

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