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Sense and Sensibility Hardcover - 2004
by Jane Austen
About this book
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.
First Edition Identification
The novel sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813, but it had a second print run later that year.
Details
- Title Sense and Sensibility
- Author Jane Austen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wildside Press
- Date 2004-02
- ISBN 9780809596317 / 0809596318
- Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.88 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.24 cm)
- Reading level 560
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC