Book: Hardcover | 129 x 198mm | 448 pages | ISBN 9780141040370 | 26 Oct 2010 | Penguin Classics | 18 - AND UP
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing
but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive
behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to
social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those
closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the
sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in
a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
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