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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Book Analysis)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801294256EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including sibling relationships, love and the contrast between reason and emotion. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Jane Austen Presentation of Sense and Sensibility Summary of Sense and Sensibility Character study Elinor Dashwood Marianne Dashwood Analysis of Sense and Sensibility Sense versus sensibility Doubles Siblings About Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility first appeared in 1811, making it Austen’s earliest published novel. It follows the sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, who embody the contrasting values set out in the title: while Marianne is impetuous, passionate and uninhibited, Elinor is reserved, sensible and cautious. The novel, which was written during the transitional period between the literary movements of Classicism and Romanticism, has often been seen as an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of these two modes of being. In addition to this, it is a lively comedy of manners and an amusing social satire that has lost none of its power to entertain in the two centuries since it was first published. Like much of Austen’s work, Sense and Sensibility has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Oscar-winning 1995 film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. About Jane Austen Jane Austen was an influential English writer, best known for her novels, including Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Northanger Abbey. She came from a respectable but not particularly wealthy family, which meant that her parents could not afford to send her to school. She therefore taught herself, thanks to her father, her brothers and the extensive family library. Austen never married, and her novels contain numerous criticisms of the position of women in Georgian society and wives’ dependence on their husbands.  She also used her writing to critique the sentimental fiction that was popular in the second half of the 18th century, and she favored a writing style that fused realism, satire and irony.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including sibling relationships, love and the contrast between reason and emotion. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Jane Austen Presentation of Sense and Sensibility Summary of Sense and Sensibility Character study Elinor Dashwood Marianne Dashwood Analysis of Sense and Sensibility Sense versus sensibility Doubles Siblings About Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility first appeared in 1811, making it Austen’s earliest published novel. It follows the sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, who embody the contrasting values set out in the title: while Marianne is impetuous, passionate and uninhibited, Elinor is reserved, sensible and cautious. The novel, which was written during the transitional period between the literary movements of Classicism and Romanticism, has often been seen as an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of these two modes of being. In addition to this, it is a lively comedy of manners and an amusing social satire that has lost none of its power to entertain in the two centuries since it was first published. Like much of Austen’s work, Sense and Sensibility has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Oscar-winning 1995 film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. About Jane Austen Jane Austen was an influential English writer, best known for her novels, including Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Northanger Abbey. She came from a respectable but not particularly wealthy family, which meant that her parents could not afford to send her to school. She therefore taught herself, thanks to her father, her brothers and the extensive family library. Austen never married, and her novels contain numerous criticisms of the position of women in Georgian society and wives’ dependence on their husbands.  She also used her writing to critique the sentimental fiction that was popular in the second half of the 18th century, and she favored a writing style that fused realism, satire and irony.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including sibling relationships, love and the contrast between reason and emotion. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 56-page...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including sibling relationships, love and the contrast between reason and emotion. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Jane Austen
  • Presentation of Sense and Sensibility
  • Summary of Sense and Sensibility
  • Character study
    • Elinor Dashwood
    • Marianne Dashwood
  • Analysis of Sense and Sensibility
    • Sense versus sensibility
    • Doubles
    • Siblings

About Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility first appeared in 1811, making it Austen’s earliest published novel. It follows the sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, who embody the contrasting values set out in the title: while Marianne is impetuous, passionate and uninhibited, Elinor is reserved, sensible and cautious. The novel, which was written during the transitional period between the literary movements of Classicism and Romanticism, has often been seen as an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of these two modes of being. In addition to this, it is a lively comedy of manners and an amusing social satire that has lost none of its power to entertain in the two centuries since it was first published. Like much of Austen’s work, Sense and Sensibility has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Oscar-winning 1995 film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.

About Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an influential English writer, best known for her novels, including Sense and SensibilityEmma and Northanger Abbey. She came from a respectable but not particularly wealthy family, which meant that her parents could not afford to send her to school. She therefore taught herself, thanks to her father, her brothers and the extensive family library. Austen never married, and her novels contain numerous criticisms of the position of women in Georgian society and wives’ dependence on their husbands.  She also used her writing to critique the sentimental fiction that was popular in the second half of the 18th century, and she favored a writing style that fused realism, satire and irony.

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