Sense and Sensibility : Unabridged - original text of the first edition (1811) - with 40 illustrations by Hugh Thomson

When Henry Dashwood dies, he leaves his entire fortune and his home, Norland Park, to his son John. John promises that he will provide for his stepmother, Mary Dashwood, and half-sisters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. However, John's wife, Fanny, convinces him to give the family a smaller inheritance than he had intended. Left with only this small income, Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters decide to leave Norland immediately ...