Sense and Sensibility

by Clare West (Retold By)

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense - or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And if your heart is broken at the age of seventeen, how can you ever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?

Genres: Classics, Romance

Paperback with Audio

Published March 3, 2016

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas, and has led workshops for teachers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Greece, and Argentina. For most of her teaching career she was involved with long-stay students on Cambridge examination courses, and engaged in the development of strategies to improve students' reading and writing skills.

She is now a freelance author, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning. Current writing projects include contributing to the Oxford Bookworms Library and Dominoes series, writing supplementary materials such as grammar workbooks, as well as being the Series Editor for the Oxford Bookworms Playscripts series.

Reviews

[Shahram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sense and Sensibility by Clare West , Jane Austen
خلاصه شده متن اصلی از "جین آستین" توسط "کلیر وست" و برای "اکسفورد بوک وورمز" است .بنظرم ترجمه "عقل و احساس" ترجمه مناسبی برای عنوان بود ولی دیدم که برخی با عنوان "حس و حساسیت" آن را می شناسند که جالب بود،فضا شباهت بسیار به فضای تمام داستان های قرن هجدهم اروپا دارد.ریویوها رو که میخواندم این یکی را پسندیدم که میگفت : "شباهت های این کتاب و غرور و تعصب به قدری زیاده که اگر یکی شون رو هم نخونید چیز خاصی از دست ندادین"اگرچه که غروروتعصب پخت تر است.همیشه وقتی با فیلم،کتاب،مستند و تاریخ اروپای آن زمان برخورد میکنم رسوم مربوط به ازدواج،ارث و .... شگفت زده ام میکند،اگر از دوستان کسی متن،مقاله یا مستندی برای آشنائی باقوانین ورسوم آن دوره به من معرفی کند سپاسگزار خواهم بود .بینهایت اقتباس سینمائی و تلوزیونی وجود دارد که از دید من کار "انگ لی" سال 2002 با حضور "هیو گرنت"،"اما تامپسون"و"کیت وینسلت" با امتیازهشت از ده میتواند برای سینما دوستان جالب باشد.

[Michael Nowak · Rating 3 out of 5]

I accidentally picked up this rewritten version of Sense and Sensibility, but I still enjoyed it. It was a simple story but was a pleasant, comforting read. And I loved that it was so short! I finished in only a few days. Maybe I'll eventually read the original but for now I think I'd rather read a different classic.

[Lusi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es una buena adaptación pero claramente no supera a la versión larga.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Caution: negative comments pertaining to Jane Austen included in my review.

What can I say, I've always considered myself the biggest Jane Austen fan but this book brought me face to face with the fact that I'm really not as well read in Austen as I like to think and even more shockingly, I didn't really enjoy this book (collective gasp). My dislike for S&S is mostly front-loaded. This book is written in three volumes and the first is EXCRUCIATINGLY slow. Several members of our book group didn't get past the first couple of chapters. Plus, I find the idle lifestyle of the Austen set to be empty, sad, and without purpose unless one finds purpose in critiquing the action and speech of all of one's acquaintances.

So, the book gained interest in volumes 2 and 3 and by the end I was enjoying it - who doesn't enjoy the heroine getting her man? Even if the man is less than exciting (let's be honest, Edward is no Darcy). I was confused about Elinor's forgiveness of Willoughby - the scoundrel who impregnated and abandoned a woman - she seemed less concerned with this fact than his breaking Marianne's heart. I kept thinking - am I reading this right? And did Marianne really love Colonel Brandon - I wasn't convinced. Our book club resolved to read another Austen next year and I look forward to it.
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[محمد خير · Rating 4 out of 5]

رواية كلاسيكية وفلم فائز بالأوسكار . بتناقش فكرة المنافسة بين المنطق والعاطفة باتخاذ القرار وفائدة ان يحبس الانسان يلي عم يفكر فيه وما يظهر ع تصرفاته.
الوسط يلي عم تجري فيه الاحداث هو بريطانيا بالقرن 18 بهالوقت بيكون المجتمع مادي جدا متل مجتمعنا الحالي.
حيث يتم تصنيف العرسان والعروسات المحتملين على أساس الدخل السنوي !!!

[حصة · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!” Sense And Sensibility, Chapter 3
On Expectations and requirement regarding a life and soul partner.

[Lasar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for a retelling of the story. Definitely gave me a taste of what's coming in the original. I quite like the story, and I'm excited to read the novel written by Jane Austen herself.

[Linda Lioun · Rating 5 out of 5]

الشراء: حسب اعتقادي انا وماريان من مكتبه في شهر فبراير ٢٠١٥ مع مجموعه كتب اخرى .
فخوره لأني لأول مره اقرا كتاب مطالعه باللغه الإنكليزية و تقريبا القسم الأكبر قرائته في المستشفى اثناء عمليه امي. احببت القصه كانت لطيفه خفيفه الهيئة الإنكليزية القديمه في الكتاب و الطراز التقليدي القديم كان رائعا في الكتاب ، و اشرت على اقتباسات أحببتها جدا .

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good - just need to get my hands on Austen's original before I can give 5 stars.

[Mafamultixverse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not one of my favourite reads but the story has some interesting turning points, specially the end.

[تُقى · Rating 2 out of 5]

لا بأس
القصة جيدة لكنها مألوفة جداً والأحداث متوقعة ولم يسعفوها بحبكة مثيرة
لم تَرُق لي إجمالاً

[Derryck Osbourne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meh, could've been 3 stars. I have doubts on the fourth one.

The start was slow but good, I hated how stupid their brother is, and how easily he gets controlled by fanny.

I hated how nothing more was said about Eliza. I hated the whole Willoughby part, he was boring, really.

I hated how Elinor's way of thinking changed at the end (at least it seemed like it changed to me) and how Marianne and the Colonel married just like that.

It was as if Jane Austen was carefully writing the story at first, putting the right pieces of the puzzle together then suddenly just got bored of it and rushed it. That's how it seemed to me.

Book could've been better, this is a disappointment as my first J.A. book.

[Tazar Oo · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a pity! I found myself in terrible lack of conventional sensibility reading the book.

[Unna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it in one breath...

[Hadil Dahia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first English novel i read ..
Happy, i did.

[Liza Wiemer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huge Jane Austen fan!

[Shahryar]

Different and rather difficult sentences.

[Yerzhan]

good book,why i didn't read this book earlier..

i need to learn from Elinor,although i'm 30 years old now...