TY - BOOK AU - Austen, Jane TI - Sense and sensibility SN - 8174762604 U1 - 823.7 PY - 1996/// CY - New Delhi PB - Puffin KW - Literature-Fiction KW - England KW - Sisters KW - Young women KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Social classes KW - Manners and customs KW - Mate selection KW - Great Britain N1 - Complete and unabridged with introduction and notes N2 - 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 ER -