WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA SEGALThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer & illustrator Leanne Shapton & introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers & Austen fans Alexander Mc Call Smith Lynne Truss Amanda Vickery Francesca Segal PD James & Andrew Motion ' Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J K Rowling Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home & enter into the contests of polite society The charms of unsuitable men & the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Based on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved novels & directed by Ang Lee Sense & Sensibility is the story of two sisters; sensible Elinor played by two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson (Best Actress
- Howard&s End 1993) & passionate wilful Marianne (Kate Winslet
- Iris Titanic) When their father dies by law his estate must pass to the eldest son from his first marriage forcing his current wife & daughters to find somewhere more primitive to live With their sudden loss of fortune the sisters& chances of marriage seem doomed Their well-intentioned suitors played by Alan Rickman (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Truly Madly Deeply) Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones&s Diary Notting Hill) & Greg Wise (Mad Cows) are trapped by the strict rules of a society obsessed with financial & social status & the conflicting laws of desire Actors Emma Thompson Kate Winslet Hugh Grant Directors Ang Lee Language English Subtitles Arabic Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Japanese Korean Mandarin Chinese Greek Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Thai Run Time 131 minutes Classification U

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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve & 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 & 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
- & its threatened loss
- the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status & money govern the rules of love

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Introduction & Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin San Francisco University ' Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security' Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems the hypocrisy & the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability Sense & Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor & Marianne represent these two qualities Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment while Marianne a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival This book the first of Austen's novels to be published remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was ...

Sense & Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work meticulously constructed & sparkling with her unique wit This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Ros Ballaster University of Oxford Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve & 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 & 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
- & its threatened loss
- the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status & money govern the rules of love This edition also

Includes:: explanatory notes & textual variants between first & second edition Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride & Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Emma Thompson Alan Rickman Kate Winslet & Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists & was named the Best Picture of the Year by the Golden Globes (r) Based on Jane Austen&s classic novel SENSE & SENSIBILITY tells of the Dashwood sisters sensible Elinor (Thompson) & passionate Marianne (Winslet) whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family&s sudden loss of fortune Rickman Grant & Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society & the conflicting laws of desire ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A BBC adaptation of Jane Austen&s famous novel Sisters Elinor (Irene Richard) & Marianne (Tracey Childs) Dashwood lose their family fortune to spiteful relatives & are forced to seek out suitable husbands in order to survive While Marianne falls for the heartless John Willoughby (Peter Woodward) Elinor finds herself attracted to Edward Ferrars (Bosco Hogan) who is himself betrothed to Lucy Steele (Julia Chambers) Will the sisters find the romance they are hoping for? ...

A BBC adaptation of Jane Austen&s famous novel Sisters Elinor (Irene Richard) & Marianne (Tracey Childs) Dashwood lose their family fortune to spiteful relatives & are forced to seek out suitable husbands in order to survive While Marianne falls for the heartless John Willoughby (Peter Woodward) Elinor finds herself attracted to Edward Ferrars (Bosco Hogan) who is himself betrothed to Lucy Steele (Julia Chambers) Will the sisters find the romance they are hoping for? ...

Key Features Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes & techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical & literary background Modern & historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms ...

Blue Zephyr Falcons They were once one of Skylands’ most endangered species but Air Strike taught them how to defend themselves from predators… & not fly into windows Birds would come from all over Skylands to learn his proven techniques But despite their new defensive skills the Blue Zephyr Falcons continued to be hunted by a band of evil trolls who liked to use their eggs in blue-bacon omelets So it was time for Air Strike to strike back! He journeyed to the peak of the Zephyr Mountain & single handedly took down the trolls rescuing the stolen eggs After returning them to their mother one of the eggs hatched revealing a very energetic Falcon that ...