Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen
Abridged by Heather Goodwin

Read by Juliet Stevenson

Produced by Nicolas Soames

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When Mrs Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for.

The contrasting fortunes and temperaments of the two girls, as they struggle to cope in their different ways with the cruel events which fate has in store for them, are portrayed by Jane Austen with her usual irony, humour and profound sensitivity.

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3 CDs • Running Time: 3:45:57 • ISBN: 9-62634-093-2 • Catalogue no: NA309312 • RRP: £13.99

Also available as part of The Jane Austen Collection, Part II. Also available unabridged