sense-and-sensibility

<p>Two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for <I>Sense and Sensibility</I>. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters &#151; and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense.<br><br> The handsome volumes in The Collectors Library present great works of world literature in a handy hardback format. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in real cloth, each complete and unabridged volume has a specially commissioned afterword, brief biography of the author and a further-reading list. This easily accessible series offers readers the perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, some of the world's most endearing literary works.<br><br> The volumes in The Collector's Library are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasure.</p>