Sense and Sensibility

Three teenage sisters (and their mother) are turned out of their home by their own step-brother after the death of their shared father, with only a small income upon which to live and, with any luck, secure husbands. Published in 1811, the world of Sense and Sensibility is the world in which Jane Austen lived, observed and wrote, highlighting some of the social injustices of Regency England through the eyes of private, thoughtful Elinor and the passionate, willful Marianne. Sense and Sensibility is a worthy, witty precursor to Austen