{"product_id":"sense-and-sensibility-9780099589341","title":"Sense and Sensibility","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully designed... Perfect collectable gift for Austen fans and design devotees' \u003ci\u003eSo Darling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA SEGAL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e VINTAGE CLASSICS AUSTEN SERIES - all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed and introduced by our finest contemporary writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called \u003ci\u003eFirst Impressions\u003c\/i\u003e and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1811), \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1814) and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e (1816). Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e were both published posthumously in 1818.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Segal\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and a memoir of NICU motherhood, \u003ci\u003eMother Ship\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). Her writing has won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, a Betty Trask Award, and been longlisted for the Women's Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSegal says: 'Writing this trilogy was a deliberate reaching out for joy. The world can feel very bleak, and bringing Tuga to life became my own magical portal to wide beaches, crystal seas, endless sunshine, and most vitally, to a warm, eccentric community of good people mostly just trying to do their best. Tuga de Oro was a refuge for its first settlers, and I hope will offer refuge for readers, too.'\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620666773778,"sku":"9780099589341","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe78b6ed-b407-4893-8ca8-ab3723dd1682.jpg?v=1776157131","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sense-and-sensibility-9780099589341","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}