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. ...

Joanna Trollope's much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility will launch The Austen Project & be one of the most talked about books of 2013. Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school. But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test. Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will Marianne's faith in love be shaken by meeting the hottest boy in the county? & when social media is the controlling force at play, can love ever triumph over conventions & disapproval? Joanna Trollope casts Sense & Sensibility in a fresh new light, re-telling a coming-of-age story about young love & heartbreak, & how when it comes to money especially, some things never change... ...

Joanna Trollope`s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen`s Sense & Sensibility will launch The Austen Project & be one of the most talked about books of 2013. Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school. But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test. Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will Marianne`s faith in love be shaken by meeting the hottest boy in the county? & when social media is the controlling force at play, can love ever triumph over conventions & disapproval? Joanna Trollope casts Sense & Sensibility in a fresh new light, re-telling a coming-of-age story about young love & heartbreak, & how when it comes to money especially, some things never change... ...

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. ...

Sense & Sensibility is famously characterised as the story of two Dashwood sisters who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of 'civilised' society & the human desire for romantic passion. However, there is far more to this story of two daughters made homeless by the death of their father. Elinor, 19, & Marianne, 17, initially project the opposing roles with Elinor cautious & unassuming about romantic matters, while Marianne is wild & passionate when she falls hopelessly in love with the libertine Mr Willoughby. But the lessons in love & life see the two characters develop & change with sense & sensibility needing to be compromised as a matter of survival. Written when Austen was just nineteen, this story has been read as a biographical reflection of her relationship with her own sister Cassandra, with the younger Jane being the victim of 'sensibility.' However, the novel is far more than a simple case of passion versus manners, & depicts the romantic complications of two women made highly vulnerable by the loss of their father & estate. With a raw & intense quality Austen creates a romantic masterpiece on the backdrop of a fragile social context. ...

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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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, P.D. 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. ...

Colour-coding & numbering is used to illustrate the 14 particularly sensitive sea areas, including the recently added areas of Saba Bank & Strait of Bonifacio. Notes depicting their required protective measures are also provided as defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Also shown are areas to be avoided including the recently added region Off Friesl&. Full colour laminated map in size A3. ...

In his new collection of poems
- several of which have already become famous before their book publication
- Clive James looks

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Le Sentier Cathare, a long distance route along the foothills of the Pyrenees from Foix to Port-la-Nouvelle, presented on a contoured, GP compatible map at 1:55, 000 from Rando Editions, also highlighting other GR routes & local hiking paths, horse riding & mountain bike trails, etc. The map presents the area on two panels, printed one under the other. Topographic base from the Institut G ...