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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John, and a younger sister, Margaret, 13.


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“People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.”

Sense and Sensibility (1811)
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“I am afraid", replied Elinor, "that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.”

Sense and Sensibility (1811)
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