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Jane Austen´s elegant novel of family, society and manners with an introduction by author and critic Henry Hitchings.

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Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen´s Sense and Sensibility.

Part of the Macmillan Collector´s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector´s Library edition also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.

Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, Sense and Sensibility is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century society.

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Austen´s genius lies in her style and elegance of mind Amanda Craig Independent

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Hitchings, Henry
Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has written mainly about language and history, starting with Dr Johnson´s Dictionary. The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, as well as seeing him shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. The Language Wars completed what was in effect a trilogy of books about language. He is a prolific critic and has made several programmes for radio and television on subjects including Erasmus Darwin, the eighteenth-century English novel and the history of manners. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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