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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

After Mr Dashwood dies, his widow and daughters must leave their home.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Advanced3,265 characters · ≈ 5 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of…

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About the book

Sense and Sensibility is the debut novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1811 and appearing anonymously under the title page credit "By A Lady". It follows the three Dashwood sisters and their widowed mother, who are forced to leave the family estate in Sussex for a modest cottage on a distant relative's property in Devon. There the two eldest girls experience love and heartbreak that tests their contrasting characters.

About the author

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her major works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma, along with the posthumously published Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

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