Items related to Sense and Sensibility: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton...
Sense and Sensibility is Austen’s first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work.
The text is that of the 1813 Second Edition (the origins of which can be traced back to 1795). The text is fully annotated and is accompanied by a map of nineteenth-century England."Contexts" explores the personal and social issues that loom large in Austen's novel: sense, sensibility, self-control, judgment, romantic attachments, family, and inheritance. Included are writings by Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Moore, and Maria Edgeworth.
"Criticism" collects six early and twelve modern assessments of the novel. Contributors include Alice Meynell, Reginald Farrer, Jan Fergus, Raymond Williams, Marilyn Butler, Mary Povey, Claudia L. Johnson, Gene Ruoff, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Isobel Armstrong, Mary Favret, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Eve Sedgwick, and Deborah Kaplan.
A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Book Description:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber
Jane Austen's first published novel introduced many of the themes which would dominate Austen's future work. Austen writes about everyday events of her own time with a subtlety and sensitivity unprecedented in the English novel. This edition, first published in 2006, follows the second edition of 1813, which corrects errors of the first edition.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 039397751X
- ISBN 13 9780393977516
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages448
- EditorJohnson Claudia L.
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 21.67
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
Published by
WW Norton & Co, New York
(2002)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Paperback
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The text is that of the 1813 Second Edition (the origins of which can be traced back to 1795). The text is fully annotated and is accompanied by a map of nineteenth-century England. "Contexts" explores the personal and social issues that loom large in Austen's novel: sense, sensibility, self-control, judgment, romantic attachments, family, and inheritance. Included are writings by Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Moore, and Maria Edgeworth. "Criticism" collects six early and twelve modern assessments of the novel. Contributors include Alice Meynell, Reginald Farrer, Jan Fergus, Raymond Williams, Marilyn Butler, Mary Povey, Claudia L. Johnson, Gene Ruoff, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Isobel Armstrong, Mary Favret, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Eve Sedgwick, and Deborah Kaplan. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included. Sense and Sensibility is Austens first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393977516
Buy New
US$ 21.67
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company 2002-01-09, New York, N.Y. |London
(2002)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780393977516
Buy New
US$ 16.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.9. Seller Inventory # 039397751X-2-1
Buy New
US$ 24.23
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism
Published by
W W Norton & Co Inc
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk039397751X
Buy New
US$ 11.53
Convert currency
Seller Image
Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) by Austen, Jane [Paperback ]
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780393977516
Buy New
US$ 25.01
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
paperback
First Edition
Quantity: 7
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Seller Inventory # 000525773N
Buy New
US$ 21.42
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Softcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. First Edition. Sense and Sensibility is Austens first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work. The text is that of the 1813 Second Edition (the origins of which can be traced back to 1795). The text is fully annotated and is accompanied by a map of nineteenth-century England."Contexts" explores the personal and social issues that loom large in Austen's novel: sense, sensibility, self-control, judgment, romantic attachments, family, and inheritance. Included are writings by Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Moore, and Maria Edgeworth."Criticism" collects six early and twelve modern assessments of the novel. Contributors include Alice Meynell, Reginald Farrer, Jan Fergus, Raymond Williams, Marilyn Butler, Mary Povey, Claudia L. Johnson, Gene Ruoff, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Isobel Armstrong, Mary Favret, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Eve Sedgwick, and Deborah Kaplan.A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included. Seller Inventory # DADAX039397751X
Buy New
US$ 26.10
Convert currency
Stock Image
Sense and Sensibility: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.9. Seller Inventory # 353-039397751X-new
Buy New
US$ 26.26
Convert currency
Seller Image
Sense and Sensibility : Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 460103-n
Buy New
US$ 23.69
Convert currency
Stock Image
SENSE & SENSIBILITY NCE PA
Published by
WW Norton Publishers
(2001)
ISBN 10: 039397751X
ISBN 13: 9780393977516
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780393977516
Buy New
US$ 23.64
Convert currency