First Impressions: Indulge your inner romantic a new Puffin Classics collection of Jane Austen novels

Left destitute after their fathers death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood must navigate love, marriage and societal expectations to ensure their security and happiness. But romance isnt easy, and soon Elinor finds her good sense tested by her charming brother-in-law, while Mariannes romantic sensibility brings her nothing but heartbreak.

To find happiness, both sisters must learn to balance sense and sensibility.

Fall head over heels for First Impressions, Puffin Classics boldly designed new YA Jane Austen collection. Like all the best romcoms, Austens novels are full of meet-cutes, missed connections and drama; they are masterclasses in the lost arts of stolen glances and breath-taking gestures.

With a stunning modern design and forewords from leading YA romance authors, this eye-catching six-book series is an open invitation to escape the brutal nonchalance of modern dating and embrace your inner romantic.

‘The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!’

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of loveand its threatened lossthe sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.