Sense & Sensibility (Annotated)

Sense and Sensibility is a finely wrought novel of manners that examines the fortunes of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, after dispossession leaves them dependent upon uncertain social networks and precarious marriage prospects. Through poised irony, disciplined dialogue, and acute moral observation, Austen contrasts prudence with sensibility without reducing either to simple virtue or ...