Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen

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Volume I

Chapter I (1) -- John Dashwood inherits and makes a promise. Agony of grief overpowers, is renewed, sought for, and created again and again.
Chapter II (2) -- Mistress is degraded to the condition of visitor. What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters! John is convinced.
Chapter III (3) -- Edward Ferrars is quiet, unobstrusive, and nothing like his sister. Mrs Dashwood looks forward to a marriage, although Marianne would require more.
Chapter IV (4) -- I don't attempt to deny that I think very highly of him. Imagination has outstripped the truth. Fanny insinuates, Sir John offers Barton Cottage.
Chapter V (5) -- The furniture is shipped. Many tears are shed in last adieus.
Chapter VI (6) -- Arrival at Barton Cottage. The visit with Lady Middleton is saved by the presence of a child.
Chapter VII (7) -- Dinner at Barton Park, with Mrs Jennings and an old bachelor on the wrong side of five and thirty. Music is enjoyed by two of the party.
Chapter VIII (8) -- Mrs Jennings discovers an attachment. Rheumatism and flannel waistcoats.
Chapter IX (9) -- A walk in the rain, a tumble, and a very romantic rescue.
Chapter X (10) -- Marianne's preserver pays his respects. Col Brandon's partiality is noticed, but he threatens rain, finds fault with a curricle, and does not buy a mare.
Chapter XI (11) -- Many schemes of amusement at Barton. Brandon mentions a certain lady like Marianne.
Chapter XII (12) -- Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other. Nonetheless, the horse is refused. His name begins with an F!
Chapter XIII (13) -- Brandon cancels an excursion. Marianne goes to Allenham. The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
Chapter XIV (14) -- Why is the engagement being kept a secret? Willoughby admires dark narrow stairs and a kitchen that smokes.
Chapter XV (15) -- Willoughby departs. Mrs Dashwood thinks she knows why.
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Chapter XVII (17) --
Chapter XVIII (18) --
Chapter XIX (19) --
Chapter XX (20) --
Chapter XXI (21) --
Chapter XXII (22) --

Volume II

Volume III

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