Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

by Isobel Armstrong

Sets Jane Austen's novel in the context of the Napoleonic wars, with the melancholia and sensibility that they brought to 18th-century society, the source of much of the tension and power of the book. The Austen themes of family, attachments and engagements are explained against a society where great changes were taking place, such as the greater mobility of the populace. Yet it was probably one of the most repressive political eras of the century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140772707
• ISBN13: 9780140772708
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"