Sense and Sensibility
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The rarest of the five books is Sense and Sensibility as fewer than 1,000 were printed when it was first published anonymously in 1811.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
"We did try to come with Sense and Sensibility," he deadpan jokes to the thousands in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Centre.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
In "Sense and Sensibility" Marianne Dashwood is the musical one, while her sister Elinor was "neither musical, nor affecting to be so."
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
I also love Sense and Sensibility, because I was a big fan of Ang Lee and Emma Thompson and her script.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2020
Ishmael found his mother at her kitchen table once again, reading the last chapter of Sense and Sensibility by lantern light and drinking tea with sugar and lemon concentrate.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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