Sense and Sensibility is a novel by
Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of
romantic fiction, better known as a
comedy of manners,
Sense and Sensibility is set in
southwest England,
London and
Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters,
Elinor and
Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.