Sense and Sensibility - Introduction Francesca Segal

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA SEGALThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion.'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J. K. RowlingElinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen
• Assisted by: Francesca Segal (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.06.2014
• EAN: 9780099589341
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958934-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics Austen Series; Vintage Classics Austen Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Regency, c 1800 to c 1900, South West England, c 1811 to c 1820 (Regency period)