Conceived as an epistolary novel under the working title ‘Elinor and Marianne’, it would be some sixteen years before Austen's first work would emerge in its final narrative form – in 1811, published under the alias ‘A Lady’. Set on the cusp of the Age of Reason and the Romantic Era, embodying each in its sibling heroines, ‘Sense and Sensibility’ is a comedy of manners, exploring the intricate relations between status, heritance and romance in Georgian England. This edition includes Austin Dobson’s introduction and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. [Printed on cream paper and set in comfortably legible print with wide, thumb-friendly margins.]