Sentido y sensibilidad. Edición anotada

by Jane Austen, María José Martín Pinto (Translator)

'Nunca estoy demasiado ocupada como para dejar de pensar en Sentido y sensibilidad. No puedo olvidarme de ella, igual que una madre tampoco podría olvidarse de un niño de pecho'.

Estas palabras las escribió Jane a su hermana Cassandra seis meses antes de que apareciese Sentido y sensibilidad, que vio la luz en 1811 siendo bien recibida por la crítica y público.
Sentido y sensibilidad es primordialmente la historia de dos hermanas. La más joven, Marianne, se considera un espíritu libre que rechaza las convenciones, celebra la existencia de la intensidad emocional y anhela encontrar a un hombre que sea exactamente igual a ella. Y la otra hermana, Elinor, se esfuerza constantemente por ocultar sus verdaderos sentimientos, y acepta las formalidades sociales que Marianne prefiere ignorar.
Sentido y sensibilidad no nos muestra a una hermana sensata y a otra alocada sin más, sino que pone de manifiesto las carencias tanto del sentido común como de la sensibilidad si no se acompañan uno de la otra.

496 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 2026

About the author

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.