书名：Sense and Sensibility理智与情感
作者：Jane Austen

出版社名称：Alma Books

出版时间：2017

语种：英语
ISBN：9781847494849

商品尺寸：12.9 x 2 x 19.9 cm

包装：平装
页数：368（以实物为准）

Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》是简·奥斯汀于1811年出版的处女作，原名为《《埃莉诺与玛丽安》，全书以细腻的笔触和生动的对白叙述没有富裕嫁妆的少女恋爱结婚的故事，和Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》堪称姐妹篇。

推荐理由：

1.小说巧妙构思，极富幽默情趣，反讽的笔墨随处可见，本书虽为简奥斯汀的首部作品，但写作技巧已相当成熟；

2.在这部作品中，简奥斯汀对妇女问题进行了高度现实主义的探讨，生动地描写了女性意识由感性向理性转变的过程，尤其适合女性读者阅读；

3.采用现实主义创作手法，着眼于对现实生活的真实刻画，跨越了当时风靡英国的感伤主义，写作风格独具特色，文学爱好者必读。

Two very different sisters find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies.Marianne, wild andimpulsive, falls dangerous in love, whileElinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.Jane Austen’s subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression, lies and seduction, brilliantly portrays a world where rigid social convention clashes with the impulses of the heart.

《理智与情感》以埃莉诺和玛丽安这两位女主角曲折复杂的婚事风波为主线，通过“理智与情感”的幽默对比，提出了道德与行为的规范问题。该作是简·奥斯汀的第一部小说，但写作技巧已经相当熟练。故事中的每一个情节，经作者的巧妙构思，表面的因果关系与隐藏在幕后的本质缘故均自然合理。

埃莉诺和玛丽安娜两姐妹生在一个英国乡绅家庭，姐姐善于用理智来控制情感，妹妹的情感却毫无节制，因此面对爱情时，她们作出了不同的反映……小说以这两位女主角曲折复杂的婚事风波为主线，通过“理智与情感”的幽默对比，提出了道德与行为的规范问题。

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Jane Austen简·奥斯汀（1775-1817），19世纪英国女性小说家。生于英国小乡镇史蒂文顿的一个牧师家庭，几乎从未接受过正规教育，但由于家庭文学空气熏陶而成为作家。其作品主要描绘她在狭小生活圈子里所熟悉的中产阶级的家庭生活，青年男女的恋爱婚姻及其心态，具有观察细致，人物刻画惟妙惟肖，评论尖刻等艺术特色。其一生共创作了六部小说，分别是《理智与情感》《傲慢与偏见》《曼斯菲尔德庄园》《爱玛》《诺桑觉寺》《劝导》。

Jane Austen began writing at a very early age, and went on to produce some of the greatest works of English literature, with Pride and Prejudice and Emma among her masterpieces. Her novels, brimming with wit and populated by unforgettable characters, serve as a trenchant satire on the pretensions and foibles of provincial society.