Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility" explores the lives and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. It is a foundational work in the development of the English novel, particularly noted for its social commentary and character development.
Sources for Jane Austen — Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen — Sense and Sensibility in First Romance Novels
Held in the First Romance Novels chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Achilles Tatius — Leucippe and Clitophon (Loeb / Smith trans.) (180)
- Heliodorus — The Aethiopica (Underdowne / Wright trans.) (250)
- Longus — Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance (200)
- Xenophon of Ephesus — Ephesian History: The Love-Adventures of Abrocomas and Anthia (Rooke trans., 1727) (150)
- Samuel Richardson — Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740)
- Cao Xueqin — Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. I (Joly trans.) (1791)
- Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Maria Edgeworth — Tales and Novels (collected) (1832)
- Charlotte Brontë — Jane Eyre: An Autobiography (1847)
- Georgette Heyer — The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (1921)
- Abbé Prévost — Manon Lescaut (1731)
- Benjamin Disraeli — Henrietta Temple: A Love Story (1837)
- Prosper Mérimée — Carmen (1845)