Sense and Sensibility (Real Reads)

by Jane Austen, Gill Tavner (Retold by), Ann Kronheimer (Illustrator)

Overview

Two sisters of opposing temperaments share a strong bond as they are met with challenges in love and life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607541448
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	01/30/2009
Series:	Real Reads Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

JANE AUSTEN was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

London-based illustrator ANN KRONHEIMER specialises in children’s publishing, picture and story books, early readers and educational books for infants up to young adults. She uses a dip pen and ink, sometimes with a wash and sometimes just line, combining traditional style with modern imagery.

GILL TAVNER was an English Teacher and Head of Department before turning to writing when she had young children of her own. She has also taught English in South East Asia, worked as a personal trainer, been a management trainee in an insurance company, led treks in Africa, run her own business and painted fake tattoos on Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Perhaps it is this variety that makes her such a versatile writer.

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father

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From the Publisher

"As nearly flawless as any fiction could be."

Eudora Welty

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