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Novel · 1811

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novel · 1811 · English · Romantic

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Two sisters, two temperaments, one inheritance withheld.

Comedy of mannersRestraintFeelingMoney

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Austen refuses to award the argument: sense is nearly fatal to Elinor, sensibility nearly fatal to Marianne.

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