Sense and Sensibility
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It may be some time before we see as good copies of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice again so these will live in the memory for a long time.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022
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
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
Benjamin Disraeli and Henry Adams, among others, had employed the conceit; “ Sense and Sensibility ” was written by “A Lady.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019
My favorites were Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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