Book
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
- Published
- 1811
- Genre
- Classics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Pages
- 409
- Words
- 119394
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.4
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1160L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and 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 and 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—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Collections
TJEd Adult Recommended
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780194233187
- ISBN-10
- 0194233189
Tags
ClassicsEmotions-LoveEmotions-SadnessEnglandFamily Life-SistersRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Romance-Romance (All)Thomas Jefferson Education Adult