This is an Online Internet Book Club on Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) by Jane Austen. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
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Sense and Sensibility is Austen's first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work. The text is that of the 1813 Second Edition (the origins of which can be traced back to 1795). The text is fully annotated and is accompanied by a map of nineteenth-century England. "Contexts" explores the personal and social issues that loom large in Austen's novel: sense, sensibility, self-control, judgment, romantic attachments, family, and inheritance. Included are writings by Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Moore, and Maria Edgeworth. "Criticism" collects six early and twelve modern assessments of the novel. Contributors include Alice Meynell, Reginald Farrer, Jan Fergus, Raymond Williams, Marilyn Butler, Mary Povey, Claudia L. Johnson, Gene Ruoff, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Isobel Armstrong, Mary Favret, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Eve Sedgwick, and Deborah Kaplan.
A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included. About the series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
Book Club Questions for Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions):
- Did Jane Austen emphasize any specific themes throughout Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)? What do you think Jane Austen is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) reveal Jane Austen's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Jane Austen is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Jane Austen's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions):
- Did Jane Austen make persuasive arguments in Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)? Did Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)?
- How does Jane Austen present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Jane Austen biased within Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions)? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Sense and Sensibility (Norton Critical Editions) make you want to read next? Why?
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