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Written by Jane Austen - Audio book performed by Anna Massey - Abridged Fiction - 2 CASSETTES - 2.5 hours

Publisher, Media Books Audio Publishing (October 2001)

The printed version of this title was selected by The New York Review of Books' "Reader's Catalog" as one of the 40,000+ Best Books in Print!

Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood and their very different responses to love, loss and the crushing of their hopes and dreams. Austen chooses this novel to comment on the financial situation of women. The Dashwood Sisters are virtually penniless in a world where the "marriage market" is largely governed by money. They lose their home on their father's death and receive more kindness from strangers than from their own brother. Despite their hardships they maintain their dignity throughout.

About the Performer: Anna Massey has been a major stage actress and reader of audio books for many years. She has been nominated for and won numerous awards and has many television credits.