Book description
Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two strikingly different sisters. On
their father's death, the Estate goes to their brother John who,
encouraged his his wife, goes against his father's wishes of looking
after his sisters and step-mother. They retire to a cottage in
Devonshire, but not before Elinor and Edward Ferras become mutually
attracted. In Devonshire Marianne falls desperately in love with John
Willoughby, an attractive but unprincipled man. Each sister discovers
that their suitors have become engaged to other women and the story
centres on the different way they cope with this distress. All ends
well, however, when Edward is released from his engagement and can marry
Elinor, and Marianne is won over by an old admirer. Jane Austen
(1775-1817) was modest about her own genius but is one of English
literature's greatest and most admired writers. She is the author of
Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park and
Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
