Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy ввхьсinherent in the struggles of two very different sisters to achieve respectability Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment, while Mвнющрarianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival This book, the first of Austen's novels to be published, remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was Complete and unabridged Автор Джейн Остен Jane Austen Джейн Остен (Остин) родилась 16 декабря 1775 года в Стивентоне (Хэмпшир, Англия), в семье сельского пастора В детстве и юности Джейн Остин много читала, среди ее любимых авторов были Филдинг, Стернвтлвй, Ричардсон, Вальтер Скотт Судьба Остин не отмечена .