Sense and Sensibility - Large Print Author:Jane Austen Perhaps the most affecting and accomplished of Jane Austen's novels, Sense and Sensibility (which grew out of an adolescent sketch, "Elinor and Marianne") tells the story of two sisters, polar opposites Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, whose hopes of marrying well are smashed when their family's estate is left to an arrog... more »ant stepson upon the death of their father. Thus pamperized, the practical, almost prissy Elinor (the "sense" of the duo) sets out to hide her deep affection for her brother-in-law, pained at the fact that they cannot marry. But when younger Marianne, indulging her almost hedonistic pursuit of passion, becomes infatuated with a dashing rogue, her clamorous spirit threatens to blind her to a more lasting and genuine love.
Delicately piercing and exquisite in its irony, Sense and Sensibility -- Austen's first published novel -- is a profound examination of two sisters who discover the limits of both the mind and the heart.« less