Jane Austen 
Sense and Sensibility 

Sense and Sensibility  is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; 
By A Lady appears on the cover page where the author’s name might have been.

It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, both of age to marry.

The novel follows the young women to their new home with their widowed mother, a meagre cottage on the property of a distant relative, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The novel is set in southwest England,  London and Sussex between 1792 and 1797.