
Sense and Sensibility
Retold by Clare West. Stage 5
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Retold by Clare West. Stage 5
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Jane Austen's last completed novel, published in 1817. The work falls into the mature phase of the author's work and is notable for its melancholic tone, the theme of second-chance love, and the introspective portrait of the protagonist Anne Elliot.
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