●珍．奧斯汀小說處女作
●英國票選最不可錯過的百大經典小說之一
●李安導演金熊獎電影名作《理性與感性》原著
《理性與感性》是奧斯汀的第一部小說，它開創了作者獨特的幽默風格──模仿加反諷的諷刺風趣手法。筆法樸實、細膩、故事情節構思巧妙，結局給人出乎意料的喜劇效果。
感情世界就像一個天秤，理性與感性各占一邊。
太多的理性缺少浪漫與激情；太多的感性讓人迷失。
兩者該如何平衡？
《理性與感性》描述的正是以理性和感性處理情感的矛盾與掙扎。
穩重而不善表達感情，她的名字叫「理性」
天真而滿懷熱情，她的名字叫「感性」
當「理性」被感性衝破，「感性」讓理性喚回時，
擺盪的情節絕對不容錯過！！
冷靜的姐姐愛蓮娜愛上了坦率的艾德華，卻發現心上人早有了婚約對象，她及時勒住了自己的真情深陷，以友誼交往……
浪漫多情的妹妹瑪麗安，天生聰明伶俐，一心期盼嫁個風度出眾的丈夫，卻愛上了輕佻的公子哥兒魏勒比，慘被拋棄而生重病……
透過兩位姐妹花的愛情故事，欣賞珍．奧斯汀最值得聆聽與參考的感情觀。
Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen‘s Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, the novel is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century society.
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