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1、SenseandSensibilityByJaneAustenDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.Chapter1ThefamilyofDashwoodhadlongbeensettledinSussex.Theirestatewaslarge,andtheirresidencewasatNor-landPark,inthecentreoftheirproperty,where,formanygener
2、ations,theyhadlivedinsorespectableamannerastoengagethegeneralgoodopinionoftheirsurroundingac-quaintance.Thelateownerofthisestatewasasingleman,wholivedtoaveryadvancedage,andwhoformanyyearsofhislife,hadaconstantcompanionandhousekeeperinhissister.Butherdeath,whichhappenedtenyearsbeforehisown,produced
3、agreatalterationinhishome;fortosupplyherloss,heinvitedandreceivedintohishousethefamilyofhisnephewMr.HenryDashwood,thelegalinheritoroftheNorlandestate,andthepersontowhomheintendedtobe-queathit.Inthesocietyofhisnephewandniece,andtheirchildren,theoldGentleman’sdayswerecomfortablyspent.Hisattachmentto
4、themallincreased.Theconstantatten-tionofMr.andMrs.HenryDashwoodtohiswishes,whichproceedednotmerelyfrominterest,butfromgoodnessofheart,gavehimeverydegreeofsolidcomfortwhichhisagecouldreceive;andthecheerfulnessofthechildrenaddedarelishtohisexistence.Byaformermarriage,Mr.HenryDashwoodhadoneson:byhisp
5、resentlady,threedaughters.Theson,asteadyrespectableyoungman,wasamplyprovidedforbythefor-SenseandSensibilitytuneofhismother,whichhadbeenlarge,andhalfofwhichdevolvedonhimonhiscomingofage.Byhisownmarriage,likewise,whichhappenedsoonafterwards,headdedtohiswealth.TohimthereforethesuccessiontotheNorland
6、es-tatewasnotsoreallyimportantastohissisters;fortheirfortune,independentofwhatmightarisetothemfromtheirfather’sinheritingthatproperty,couldbebutsmall.Theirmotherhadnothing,andtheirfatheronlyseventhousandpoundsinhisowndisposal;fortheremainingmoietyofhisfirstwife’sfortunewasalsosecuredtoherchild,and
7、hehadonlyalife-interestinit.Theoldgentlemandied:hiswillwasread,andlikeal-mosteveryotherwill,gaveasmuchdisappointmentaspleasure.Hewasneithersounjust,norsoungrateful,astoleavehisestatefromhisnephew;—butheleftittohi
