Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen(noah_banks)
Two sisters of opposing temperaments navigate love, heartbreak, and society in Regency England.
Chapters
CHAPTER I — The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate
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CHAPTER II — Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her
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CHAPTER III — Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any
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CHAPTER IV — “What a pity it is, Elinor,” said Marianne, “that Edward should have no
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CHAPTER V — No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged
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CHAPTER VI — The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a
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CHAPTER VII — Barton Park was about half a mile from the cottage. The ladies had
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CHAPTER VIII — Mrs. Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure. She had only two
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CHAPTER IX — The Dashwoods were now settled at Barton with tolerable comfort to
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CHAPTER X — Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision,
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CHAPTER XI — Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came
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CHAPTER XII — As Elinor and Marianne were walking together the next morning the
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CHAPTER XIII — Their intended excursion to Whitwell turned out very different from
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CHAPTER XIV — The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit at the park, with his
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CHAPTER XV — Mrs. Dashwood’s visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day, and
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CHAPTER XVI — Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able
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CHAPTER XVII — Mrs. Dashwood was surprised only for a moment at seeing him; for his
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CHAPTER XVIII — Elinor saw, with great uneasiness the low spirits of her friend. His
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CHAPTER XIX — Edward remained a week at the cottage; he was earnestly pressed by Mrs.
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CHAPTER XX — As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next
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CHAPTER XXI — The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at
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CHAPTER XXII — Marianne, who had never much toleration for any thing like
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CHAPTER XXIII — However small Elinor’s general dependence on Lucy’s veracity might be,
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CHAPTER XXIV — In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began.
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CHAPTER XXV — Though Mrs. Jennings was in the habit of spending a large portion of
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CHAPTER XXVI — Elinor could not find herself in the carriage with Mrs. Jennings, and
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CHAPTER XXVII — “If this open weather holds much longer,” said Mrs. Jennings, when they
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CHAPTER XXVIII — Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, to make Elinor
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CHAPTER XXIX — Before the housemaid had lit their fire the next day, or the sun gained
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CHAPTER XXX — Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without
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CHAPTER XXXI — From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the
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CHAPTER XXXII — When the particulars of this conversation were repeated by Miss
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CHAPTER XXXIII — After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister’s entreaties, and
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CHAPTER XXXIV — Mrs. John Dashwood had so much confidence in her husband’s judgment,
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CHAPTER XXXV — Elinor’s curiosity to see Mrs. Ferrars was satisfied. She had found in
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CHAPTER XXXVI — Within a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the
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CHAPTER XXXVII — Mrs. Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother felt
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CHAPTER XXXVIII — Mrs. Jennings was very warm in her praise of Edward’s conduct, but only
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CHAPTER XXXIX — The Miss Dashwoods had now been rather more than two months in town,
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CHAPTER XL — “Well, Miss Dashwood,” said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as soon
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CHAPTER XLI — Edward, having carried his thanks to Colonel Brandon, proceeded with
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CHAPTER XLII — One other short call in Harley Street, in which Elinor received her
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CHAPTER XLIII — Marianne got up the next morning at her usual time; to every inquiry
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CHAPTER XLIV — Elinor, starting back with a look of horror at the sight of him, obeyed
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CHAPTER XLV — Elinor, for some time after he left her, for some time even after the
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CHAPTER XLVI — Marianne’s illness, though weakening in its kind, had not been long
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CHAPTER XLVII — Mrs. Dashwood did not hear unmoved the vindication of her former
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CHAPTER XLVIII — Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an
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CHAPTER XLIX — Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances of his release might
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CHAPTER L — After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so violent
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