#152 in Romance
Sense and Sensibility
- 331
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Film 1995 +5
- On screen
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Our view
Austen’s first novel already has her wit and her eye for family life and first love. Some readers feel it shows its seams: motives stated outright where they might have been left to emerge, blunt moral judgements, and an Elinor too faultless to be fully alive. It remains a light, often funny read with real feeling beneath, and a chance to watch a great novelist at the start.
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About the book
Sense and Sensibility is the debut novel by English author Jane Austen, appearing in 1811. It was published anonymously: By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 6 times — from 1971 to 2011.
- FilmSense and SensibilityIMDb
- FilmKandukondain KandukondainIMDb
- FilmFrom Prada to NadaIMDb
- SeriesSense and SensibilityIMDb
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- SeriesSense and SensibilityIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 1,117 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 52 | 5% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 9 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 1.1K | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sense and Sensibility?
It has 331 pages — shorter than 84% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
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