Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Sense and Sensibility (1811) is a novel by Jane Austen which 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 (19) and Marianne (16 1/2) as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John and a younger sister, Margaret (13).

The novel follows the three Dashwood sisters as they must move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up, Norland Park. Because Norland is passed down to John, the son of Mr. Dashwood's from his first marriage, and his young son, the four Dashwood women need to look for a new home. They have the opportunity to rent a modest home, Barton Cottage, on the property of a distant relative, Sir John Middleton. There they experience love, romance, and heartbreak. The novel is likely set in South West England, London, and Sussex between 1792-1797.

The novel, which sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813, marked a success for its author. It had a second print run later that year. It was the first Austen title to be republished in England after her death, and the first illustrated Austen produced in Britain, in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series of 1833. The novel has been in continuous publication since 1811, and has many times been illustrated, excerpted, abridged, and adapted for stage and film.

Adaptation

Screen

• In 1971, an adaptation for BBC television was dramatized by Denis Constanduros
• In 1981, a seven-episode TV serial was directed by Rodney Bennett
• In 1995, theatrical release was adapted by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee
• In 2000, a Tamil version titled Kandukondain Kandukondain  starred Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Tabu
• In 2008, three-episode BBC TV series was adapted by Andrew Davies

Radio

In 2013, Helen Edmundson adapted Sense and Sensibility for BBC Radio 4

Stage

• In 2013, Sense and Sensibility- The Musical, book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and music by Neal Hampton, received its world premiere by the Denver Center Theatre Company
• In 2014, The Utah Shakespeare Festival  
• In 2016, The Bedlam Theatrical troupe mounted well-received minimalist production that was adapted by Kate Hamill, from a repertory run in 2014

Literature

• In 2013, author Joanna Trollope published Sense and Sensibility: A Novel as part of series called The Austen Project by the publisher, bringing the characters into the present day and providing modern satire
• In 2009, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is a mashup parody novel by Ben H Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author
• In 2016, Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility published by UDON Entertainment

About the Author 

Jane Austen, born on 16 December 1775 in Hampshire, England, was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels. Her narrations interpret, critique, and comment upon the British 'landed gentry’ at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her writings critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of caustic irony along with her realism, humor, and social commentary, has earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.

Jane's list of works includes seventeen novels, three volumes of Juvenilia, two unfinished fictions, prayer, letter, poem, and plays. She achieved success as a published writer after her first four popular novels - Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816). Two additional novels - Northanger Abbey and Persuasion both were published posthumously in 1818, and the last one, at the time of her illness, eventually titled Sanditon, but she died on 18 July 1817 before she could finish it.

She left a few more unfinished work behind such as a short epistolary novel Lady Susan and The Watsons.

Jane Austen is on the £10 note which was introduced in 2017, replacing Charles Darwin.

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Author: Jane Austen

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library (Original publisher: Thomas Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, London)

Publishing Date: July 19, 2016 (Reissue edition)

Edition Language: English

Genre: Romance, Victorian Literary Criticism, Friendship Fiction, Classic English Literature

ISBN-10: 1909621692

ISBN-13: 978-1909621695

Pages: 464 (Hardcover)

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