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Sense & Sensibility and Mansfield Park
A beautiful new book in our deluxe series of romantic reads brings together two of Jane Austen's most popular novels. Sense & Sensibility is much filmed and celebrated for its subtle irony, while Mansfield Park, a powerful and entertaining text, has a harder edge but is no less lacking in the undermining of its main characters.
480 pages, Hardcover
Published July 15, 2017
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Jane Austen
3,849 books74.3k followersJane 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.
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.
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April 7, 2024
Pt jumătatea cu Sense&Sensibility: Not my favourite Jane Austen book but glad to have crossed it off.
June 28, 2020
Hace 5 años leí estas historias por primera vez y ninguna llegó a ser mi favorita, pero ahora son mucho más cercanas a mi corazón.
Sentido y sensibilidad es la historia de dos hermanas que se quieren mucho y que están juntas apoyándose y consolándose cuando más lo necesitan. Marianne siente por Elinor y Elinor siempre piensa qué es lo mejor para Marianne. Es una novela increíble llena de plot twists si la lees por primera vez.
Mansfield Park es la novela en la que Austen hace una crítica muy fuerte a la educación, sobre todo a la de las mujeres. Nos enseña que el temperamento y los valores son más importantes que aprender listas de los reyes de Inglaterra. La primera vez que lo leí me pareció que las parejas sentimentales que se formaron al final fueron algo forzadas y apresuradas, pero ahora entiendo que no se trataba de eso, se trataba de la educación, la carrera y la vida familiar de los personajes. Muchos o todos los personajes me parecen desagradables constantemente, pero tienen sus momentos y en general siento que es una obra muy ilustrativa de su tiempo.
Sentido y sensibilidad es la historia de dos hermanas que se quieren mucho y que están juntas apoyándose y consolándose cuando más lo necesitan. Marianne siente por Elinor y Elinor siempre piensa qué es lo mejor para Marianne. Es una novela increíble llena de plot twists si la lees por primera vez.
Mansfield Park es la novela en la que Austen hace una crítica muy fuerte a la educación, sobre todo a la de las mujeres. Nos enseña que el temperamento y los valores son más importantes que aprender listas de los reyes de Inglaterra. La primera vez que lo leí me pareció que las parejas sentimentales que se formaron al final fueron algo forzadas y apresuradas, pero ahora entiendo que no se trataba de eso, se trataba de la educación, la carrera y la vida familiar de los personajes. Muchos o todos los personajes me parecen desagradables constantemente, pero tienen sus momentos y en general siento que es una obra muy ilustrativa de su tiempo.
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