Sense and Sensibility

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A tale of two sistersTwo sisters of opposing temperaments are brought to a closer understanding by their mutual disappointments—and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility to sense. Austen's insightful representation of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life makes her novels the enduring works on the mores and manners of her time.

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Inheritance and succession,  Mate selection,  Sisters,  Young women,  Gentry,  Love stories,  England, fiction,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  Sisters, fiction,  Young women, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Roosevelt, eleanor, 1884-1962,  Roosevelt, franklin d. (franklin delano), 1882-1945