WORLD LITERATURE B2 C2

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is available here as the complete text, split into 932 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Jane Austen49 chapters

Two contrasting sisters navigate financial loss and romantic heartbreak with rational restraint and passionate emotion.

49 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 49 chapters

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Sense and Sensibility

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0 of 932 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #161, divided into 49 chapters and 951 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

Where can I read Sense and Sensibility in full?

The complete text of Sense and Sensibility is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #161 and divided into 951 sections.

This page carries the whole of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #161, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4755 sentences across 49 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is Sense and Sensibility divided for reading?

Sense and Sensibility is presented in 49 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Sense and Sensibility as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 951 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 49 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

Can I hear Sense and Sensibility read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Sense and Sensibility can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Sense and Sensibility can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading Sense and Sensibility

Common questions about reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Sense and Sensibility?

Yes. All 4755 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #161 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Sense and Sensibility is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #161, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Sense and Sensibility take to read?

About 396 minutes of reading across 951 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to study Sense and Sensibility

Read one of the 932 sections, listen, learn vocabulary, and review on schedule.

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Vocabulary met early in Sense and Sensibility

Words and structures a reader meets early in Sense and Sensibility, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Family: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sense and Sensibility; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dashwood: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sense and Sensibility; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Settled: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sense and Sensibility; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sussex: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sense and Sensibility; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Sense and Sensibility

Where can I read Sense and Sensibility in full?

How is Sense and Sensibility divided for reading?

Can I hear Sense and Sensibility read aloud?

Questions about reading Sense and Sensibility

How to study Sense and Sensibility

Read the section

Listen and repeat

Learn the phrases

Recall and review

Vocabulary met early in Sense and Sensibility