Summary: Jane Austen's debut novel is a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly in which two sisters who represent "sense" and "sensibility," or restraint and emotionalism, experience love and heartbreak in their own separate ways. One daughter, the impetuous Marianne, falls passionately in love with the dashing John Willoughby and makes no secret of her affections. Meanwhile, Elinor and the mild-mannered Edward Ferras feel a mutual attraction, yet neither has the directness to acknowledge it. When it is revealed that Willoughby is in fact an unscrupulous fortune hunter and that Edward is bound by a previous commitment to another woman, each sister's romantic hopes are dashed. As they bear their grief in their different ways, Marianne learns from Elinor's quiet restraint, while Elinor learns the value of Marianne's candid expression. In the end, both sisters are happily settled, having each developed a more balanced approach to life and love
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Lydbog (net)
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1 online resource (10 audio files), digitalRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser
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Narrator: Wanda McCaddon...
ISBN
9781483088853
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Unabridged
Forlag
Blackstone Publishing
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voksenmaterialer
Om forfatteren
Jane Austen
Samtidsskildring, romantik og engelsk ironi. 1700-tallets traditionelle sædeskildring med rod i familien og selskabslivet har nået sit højeste i Jane Austens værker. Hvis man som jeg elsker alt, hvad ...
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