Jane Austen 
Sense and Sensibility 

This is a romantic fiction. The novel is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797. It portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters: Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative’s property, where they experience love, romance, and heart-break. The novel is interesting because the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.