Sense and Sensibility

After losing their home, two sisters must navigate money, heartbreak and unsuitable men without losing themselves. Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday with this beautiful Vintage Collector's Classics gift edition of her first novel. It features foiled covers, marbled endpaper, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon. After their father's death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood lose the security of their home and must navigate money, manners and marriage with very different temperaments. Elinor guards her feelings carefully; Marianne trusts the force of passion. Suitors, secrets and social pressure test both sisters as they learn what love can ask from sense and sensibility alike. Sense and Sensibility remain a witty, moving novel about sisters, heartbreak, money, reputation and the education of the heart. This deluxe hardback edition is designed for collectors, Austen fans and readers looking for a classic romance gift with sumptuous features. READERS ARE OBESSED WITH VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS 'These might be the most beautiful books I've ever seen. Get them in an art gallery.' 'The marbled paper, I could cry.' 'Love love love this collection. ' 'I must have all of them.' 'Our beloved classics with sprayed edges too! They are absolutely STUNNING!

Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published posthumously in 1818.