Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,000 annotations on facing pages, including:
- Explanations of historical context
- Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings
- Definitions and clarifications
- Literary comments and analysis
- Multiple maps of England and London
- An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events
- More than 100 informative illustrations
Filled with fascinating information about everything from the rules of inheritance that could leave a wealthy man's daughters almost penniless to the fashionable cult of sensibility that Austen so brilliantly satirizes, David M. Shapard's Annotated Sense and Sensibility is an entertaining and edifying delight.