Editing Sense and Sensibility (section)

{{Short description|1811 novel by Jane Austen}}
{{about|the novel}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox book  | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name           = Sense and Sensibility
| image          = SenseAndSensibilityTitlePage.jpg
| caption        = Title page from the original 1811 edition
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| author         = [[Jane Austen]]
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| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
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| genre          = [[Romance novel]]
| publisher      = [[Thomas Egerton (publisher)|Thomas Egerton]], Military Library (Whitehall, London)
| release_date   = 30 October 1811<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1811-10-30/1811-10-30?NewspaperTitle=Pilot%2B(London)&IssueId=BL%2F0002775%2F18111030%2F&County=London%2C%20England |title=This day was published, in three vols. 12mo. price 15s. in boards, Sense and Sensibility, a Novel; By Lady A— Published by Thos. Egerton, Whitehall; and may be had of every bookseller in the United Kingdom|newspaper=Pilot (London)|page=1| date=30 October 1811|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
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| oclc           = 44961362
| preceded_by    =
| followed_by    = [[Pride and Prejudice]]
| wikisource = Sense and Sensibility
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'''''Sense and Sensibility''''' ([[working title]]; '''''Elinor and Marianne''''') is the [[Debut novel|first novel]] by the English author [[Jane Austen]], published in 1811. It was published anonymously: ''By A Lady'' appears on the [[title page]] where the author's name might have been.

The novel is probably set between 1792 and 1797<ref>{{cite book |first=Deirdre |last=Le Faye |year=2002 |title=Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels |location=London |publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers]] |page=155 |isbn=0-7112-1677-0}}</ref> and follows the three Dashwood sisters and their widowed mother as they are forced to leave the family estate in Sussex and move to a modest cottage on the property of distant relative in Devon. There the two eldest girls experience love and heartbreak that tries the contrasting characters of both.