Sense and Sensibility - The Collector''s Edition

Appearing anonymously in 1811, Jane Austen's first published novel is an edgy, contrapuntal tale. Money and destructive passion overshadow romance in a darkly humorous work that depicts sex and greed with breath-taking sharpness. Explanatory endnotes illuminate cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Sense and Sensibility; General Notes.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Janet Todd is a critic, editor, novelist and biographer of Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughters, and Irish pupils. Her latest novel is Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden (2021). Todd taught at Rutgers, UEA, Glasgow and Aberdeen. A former President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, she is now an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College.

Zusammenfassung

Appearing anonymously in 1811, Jane Austen's first published novel is an edgy, contrapuntal tale. Money and destructive passion overshadow romance in a darkly humorous work that depicts sex and greed with breath-taking sharpness. Explanatory endnotes illuminate cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

Vorwort

Austen's first published novel, Sense and Sensibility is an uneasy tale of money and the destructive power of sexual passion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jane Austen
• Mitarbeit: Janet Todd (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009432542
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0943254-2
• Seiten: 250
• Serie: The Cambridge Jane Austen
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; English, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary