Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
English · 1811 · Fiction
Austen's first published novel, following two sisters of contrasting temperament through love and financial hardship, read for its wit and social insight.
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Chapter I The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate… Chapter II Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her… Chapter III Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any… Chapter IV “What a pity it is, Elinor,” said Marianne, “that Edward should have… Chapter V No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged… Chapter VI The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a… Chapter VII Barton Park was about half a mile from the cottage. The ladies had… Chapter VIII Mrs. Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure. She had only two… Chapter IX The Dashwoods were now settled at Barton with tolerable comfort to… Chapter X Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision… Chapter XI Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first… Chapter XII As Elinor and Marianne were walking together the next morning the… Chapter XIII Their intended excursion to Whitwell turned out very different from… Chapter XIV The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit at the park, with… Chapter XV Mrs. Dashwood’s visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day, and… Chapter XVI Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been… Chapter XVII Mrs. Dashwood was surprised only for a moment at seeing him; for his… Chapter XVIII Elinor saw, with great uneasiness, the low spirits of her friend. His… Chapter XIX Edward remained a week at the cottage; he was earnestly pressed by… Chapter XX As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next… Chapter XXI The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families… Chapter XXII Marianne, who had never much toleration for anything like… Chapter XXIII However small Elinor’s general dependence on Lucy’s veracity might… Chapter XXIV In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began— Chapter XXV Though Mrs. Jennings was in the habit of spending a large portion of… Chapter XXVI Elinor could not find herself in the carriage with Mrs. Jennings, and… Chapter XXVII “If this open weather holds much longer,” said Mrs. Jennings, when… Chapter XXVIII Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, to make Elinor… Chapter XXIX Before the housemaid had lit their fire the next day, or the sun… Chapter XXX Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and… Chapter XXXI From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the… Chapter XXXII When the particulars of this conversation were repeated by Miss… Chapter XXXIII After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister’s entreaties… Chapter XXXIV Mrs. John Dashwood had so much confidence in her husband’s judgment… Chapter XXXV Elinor’s curiosity to see Mrs. Ferrars was satisfied. She had found… Chapter XXXVI Within a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the… Chapter XXXVII Mrs. Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother… Chapter XXXVIII Mrs. Jennings was very warm in her praise of Edward’s conduct, but… Chapter XXXIX The Miss Dashwoods had now been rather more than two months in town… Chapter XL “Well, Miss Dashwood,” said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as… Chapter XLI Edward, having carried his thanks to Colonel Brandon, proceeded with… Chapter XLII One other short call in Harley Street, in which Elinor received her… Chapter XLIII Marianne got up the next morning at her usual time; to every inquiry… Chapter XLIV Elinor, starting back with a look of horror at the sight of him… Chapter XLV Elinor, for some time after he left her, for some time even after the… Chapter XLVI Marianne’s illness, though weakening in its kind, had not been long… Chapter XLVII Mrs. Dashwood did not hear unmoved the vindication of her former… Chapter XLVIII Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an… Chapter XLIX Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances of his release might… Chapter L After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so… Get a printed copy via Print-on-Demand
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