内容简介
MarianneDashwoodwearsherheartonhersleeve,andwhenshefallsinlovewiththedashingbutunsuitableJohnWilloughbysheignoreshersisterElinor'swarningthatherimpulsivebehaviourleavesheropentogossipandinnuendo.MeanwhileElinor,alwayssensitivetosocialconvention,isstrugglingtoconcealherownromanticdisappointment,evenfromthoseclosesttoher.Throughtheirparallelexperienceoflove-anditsthreatenedloss-thesisterslearnthatsensemustmixwithsensibilityiftheyaretofindpersonalhappinessinasocietywherestatusandmoneygoverntherulesoflove.《理智与情感》讲述了：埃莉诺和玛丽安两姐妹生在一个体面的英国乡绅家庭，姐姐善于用理智来控制情感，妹妹却往往在情感上毫无节制，因此在恋爱中碰到挫折时，她们作出了不同的反应：姐姐忍辱负重，始终与人为善；妹妹心高气傲，几近崩溃……与主人公命运情牵相关的闲得发慌的乡绅太太，势利无情的兄嫂一家，市侩虚伪的远房姐妹，以及少女心中那三位或道德败坏或正直优柔的恋人悉数登场。全书以喜剧开头，悲剧发展，终以喜剧收场，是一则以细腻笔触和生动对白见长、讲述没有富裕嫁妆的少女婚恋的经典故事。
作者简介
JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.简·奥斯汀，是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。
