Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen's first published novel, fully annotated and comprehensively introduced.

Jane Austen (Author), Edward Copeland (Edited by)

9780521824361, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 July 2006

572 pages
22.3 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm, 0.806 kg

Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel (1811), introduced its readers to many of the themes which would dominate Austen's future work. On one level it is a simple story of two sisters finding fulfilment within a society bounded by regulations and restrictions. But on another it is a comprehensive exploration of the moral dilemmas facing young women in the choices they have to make about their lives. Austen writes about everyday events of her own time with a subtlety and sensitivity unprecedented in the English novel. This edition, first published in 2006, takes as its copytext the second edition of 1813, which corrects some errors of the first edition. The volume provides comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, a chronology of Austen's life and an authoritative textual apparatus. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen.

General Editor's Preface
Chronology
Introduction
Note on the text
Sense and Sensibility
Emendations
Abbreviations
Explanatory notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]