Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.
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- Bookseller
- Bosco Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050207
- Title
- Sense and Sensibility
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Illustrator
- C.E. Brock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 5" x 7.5"
- Keywords
- Brock,
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