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
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
Meanwhile, balance and speed seem marginal in this video of Winslet running down a hill in Sense and Sensibility, though it’s worth noting she’s running on grass, in the rain, wearing Regency-era shoes.
From Slate • May 16, 2021
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
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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