2008, ISBN: 9781439515839

New York: A Signet Book Published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books USA Inc. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slig… Mehr…

New York: A Signet Book Published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books USA Inc. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Now a Brilliant Film from Columbia Pictures Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, and Hugh Grant. WITH 8 PAGES OF PHOTOS FROM THE FILM. BOOK NUMBER: 451-AE8790. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY: Margaret Drabble. INTERIOR PHOTOS BY: Clive Coote. MOVIE/TV TIE-IN: This novel was the basis for the 1971 Televisions series, the 1981 Made For Television film, and the 1995 feature film of the same name. SYNOPSIS: The complete and unabridged classic with a new Introduction by Margaret Drabble. Two sisters of opposing temperaments who share the pangs of tragic love provide the theme for Jane Austen's dramatically human narrative Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the perfection of sense. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, is the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love. Elinor desires a man who is promised to another. Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility, and sensibility gives way to sense. Jane Austen's authentic representation of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life, written with forceful insight and gentle irony, makes her novels the enduring works on the mores and manners of her time. Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, the rector of Steventon, and his wife, Cassandra. Like many girls of her day, she was educated at home, and began her literary career by writing parodies and skits for the amusement of her large family. Although Austen did not marry, she did have several suitors and once accepted a marriage proposal--but only for one evening. Austen never lived apart from her family, but her work nevertheless shows a worldly and wise sensibility. Her novels include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, published together posthumously in 1818. Austen died in 1817. Margaret Drabble is the highly acclaimed novelist, biographer, and editor of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Her novels include The Gates of Ivory, The Radiant Way, Realms of Gold, and The Needle's Eye.. First Thus 4th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., A Signet Book Published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books USA Inc., 2.5, Paw Prints 2008-08-11. Library Binding. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., Paw Prints 2008-08-11, 1<