Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Austen's tale of two sisters carries its subject in its title: good sense on the one hand and an excess of romantic 'sensibility' on the other. Far from being crudely schematic, Sense and Sensibility subtly probes, through the trials of its very real heroines, perennial questions about civilization and its discontents that have been more solemnly analyzed in our times. It is high drama, though acted out in sighs and glances and unspoken thoughts, of the kind to be found in 'a society which forced people to be at once very sociable - and very private.'

Penguin Library 1978 paperback in okay condition, see photos. Personal inscription on cover page.