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Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

NovelEnglish 1811 119k words

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Contents

1Chapter 1 2Chapter 2 3Chapter 3 4Chapter 4 5Chapter 5 6Chapter 6 7Chapter 7 8Chapter 8 9Chapter 9 10Chapter 10 11Chapter 11 12Chapter 12 13Chapter 13 14Chapter 14 15Chapter 15 16Chapter 16 17Chapter 17 18Chapter 18 19Chapter 19 20Chapter 20 21Chapter 21 22Chapter 22 23Chapter 23 24Chapter 24 25Chapter 25 26Chapter 26 27Chapter 27 28Chapter 28 29Chapter 29 30Chapter 30 31Chapter 31 32Chapter 32 33Chapter 33 34Chapter 34 35Chapter 35 36Chapter 36 37Chapter 37 38Chapter 38 39Chapter 39 40Chapter 40 41Chapter 41 42Chapter 42 43Chapter 43 44Chapter 44 45Chapter 45 46Chapter 46 47Chapter 47 48Chapter 48 49Chapter 49 50Chapter 50

Why it is here

Austen's first published novel and, in raw rating volume, still her third most-read.

Readership record

Global readership rank#8 of 100

Readership score69.4 / 100

Goodreads ratings779,382

Average rating4.06 / 5

Gutenberg 30-day rank#19

Gutenberg downloads89,334

First published1811

FormNovel

OriginEnglish

Length119k words

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No syllabus list matched — ranked on readership volume alone.

Lists used: NEH 1984 core reading list, a 1,000-voter US school-reading survey, and a consolidated current-curriculum survey.

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