Sense and Sensibility: A Comedy of Two Temperaments
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Elinor governs every feeling; Marianne refuses to govern any. Left with a small income and no prospects, the sisters move through a society in which money settles who may marry whom and manners exist to conceal intent. Austen's first published novel counts the cost of self-command and the cost of its absence, and does not say which is dearer. In this Gilded Library volume the text sits among paintings — drawing rooms, country estates, rain-swept walks — beside roses, folded letters and silk ribbon in the decoration.
Elinor governs every feeling; Marianne refuses to govern any. Left with a small income and no prospects, the sisters move through a society in which money settles who may marry whom and manners exist to conceal intent. Austen's first published novel counts the cost of self-command and the cost of...
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Jane Austen (1775-1817) was thirty-five when this book appeared — the first of hers to reach print, published at her own financial risk under the byline 'By a Lady'. It earned about a hundred and forty pounds and gave her the standing to publish the five that followed.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was thirty-five when this book appeared — the first of hers to reach print, published at her own financial risk under the byline 'By a Lady'. It earned about a hundred and forty pounds and gave her the standing to publish the five that followed.
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