Sense and Sensibility (version 2) by Jane AUSTEN read by Mark F. Smith Part 2/2 | Full Audio Book

Описание: Sense and Sensibility (version 2) by Jane AUSTEN (1775 - 1817)
Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Read by: Mark F. Smith in English

Parts:
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - 41 - Chapter 41
00:17:03 - 42 - Chapter 42
00:29:32 - 43 - Chapter 43
00:53:42 - 44 - Chapter 44
01:31:23 - 45 - Chapter 45
01:46:28 - 46 - Chapter 46
02:07:09 - 47 - Chapter 47
02:23:11 - 48 - Chapter 48
02:32:28 - 49 - Chapter 49
02:59:59 - 50 - Chapter 50

This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating 'sense and sensibility' in its world. A potential marriage prospect must make 'sense' by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. Provided one can find such a match among the eligible persons of the opposite sex, one then hopes for 'sensibility', or capacity for emotion, so that if love is not immediately to hand, it might come around later. And while these gentlemen and ladies make their hopeful pirouettes in the social eye, they must of course adhere to all the forms of civility. Jane Austen writes of the family of a gentleman named Dashwood who dies and leaves most of his fortune to his son, with the understanding that he will 'look out for' his mother and three sisters. When that son marries a grasping woman who convinces him that his sisters' funds are suitable to their needs and so require no contributions from his inherited fortune, the sisters are left to play the game of 'Sense and Sensibility' in earnest. But all's not fair in love. Carefully prepared 'attachments' can and do go awry when gentlemen find other young women of greater fortunes than the Dashwood sisters. So, will they marry for love? Or money? Or perhaps, not at all? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

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