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1、SenseandSensibilityByJaneAustenDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.Chapter1ThefamilyofDashwoodhadlongbeensettledinSussex.Theirestatewaslarge,andtheirresidencewasatNor-landPark,
2、inthecentreoftheirproperty,where,formanygenerations,theyhadlivedinsorespectableamannerastoengagethegeneralgoodopinionoftheirsurroundingac-quaintance.Thelateownerofthisestatewasasingleman,wholivedtoaveryadvancedage,andwhoformanyyearsofhislife,hadaconstan
3、tcompanionandhousekeeperinhissister.Butherdeath,whichhappenedtenyearsbeforehisown,producedagreatalterationinhishome;fortosupplyherloss,heinvitedandreceivedintohishousethefamilyofhisnephewMr.HenryDashwood,thelegalinheritoroftheNorlandestate,andthepersont
4、owhomheintendedtobe-queathit.Inthesocietyofhisnephewandniece,andtheirchildren,theoldGentleman’sdayswerecomfortablyspent.Hisattachmenttothemallincreased.Theconstantatten-tionofMr.andMrs.HenryDashwoodtohiswishes,whichproceedednotmerelyfrominterest,butfrom
5、goodnessofheart,gavehimeverydegreeofsolidcomfortwhichhisagecouldreceive;andthecheerfulnessofthechildrenaddedarelishtohisexistence.Byaformermarriage,Mr.HenryDashwoodhadoneson:byhispresentlady,threedaughters.Theson,asteadyrespectableyoungman,wasamplyprovi
6、dedforbythefor-SenseandSensibilitytuneofhismother,whichhadbeenlarge,andhalfofwhichdevolvedonhimonhiscomingofage.Byhisownmarriage,likewise,whichhappenedsoonafterwards,headdedtohiswealth.TohimthereforethesuccessiontotheNorlandes-tatewasnotsoreallyimporta
7、ntastohissisters;fortheirfortune,independentofwhatmightarisetothemfromtheirfather’sinheritingthatproperty,couldbebutsmall.Theirmotherhadnothing,andtheirfatheronlyseventhousandpoundsinhisowndisposal;fortheremainingmoietyofhisfirstwife’sfortunewasalsosecu
8、redtoherchild,andhehadonlyalife-interestinit.Theoldgentlemandied:hiswillwasread,andlikeal-mosteveryotherwill,gaveasmuchdisappointmentaspleasure.Hewasneithersounjust,norsoungrateful,astoleavehisestatefromhisnephew;—butheleftittohi
