Sense and Sensibility Introduction

by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative’s property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 1

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 2

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 3

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 4

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 5

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 6

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 7

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 8

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 9

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 10

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 11

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 12

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 13

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 14

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 15

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 16

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 17

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 18

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 19