Razum i osećajnost
Read Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen in Serbian and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C2.
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A father dies barely a year after coming into his fortune, and a single clause in an old man's will settles the family estate on an infant great-nephew instead of the widow and daughters left behind. What follows is one of Jane Austen's quietest cruelties: a deathbed promise to provide for them, and a son who talks himself out of it by degrees. Three thousand pounds shrinks to five hundred, then to an annuity, then to a few kind favors, all while he believes himself generous. The narration lets him unravel in his own reasonable-sounding words, and the effect is comedy with a cold edge.
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Porodica Dešvud je dugo živela u Saseksu.
The Dashwood family had lived in Sussex for a long time.
Imali su mnogo zemlje, a njihova kuća je bila u Norland Parku, usred njihove zemlje.
They owned a lot of land, and their home was at Norland Park, in the middle of their land.
Mnogo, mnogo godina, njihova porodica je tu živela. Komšije su ih veoma volele.
For many, many years, their family had lived there. Their neighbors liked them very much.
Poslednji vlasnik ovog imanja bio je neženja koji je doživeo duboku starost.
The last owner of this estate was a single man who lived to be very old.
Mnogo godina, njegova sestra je živela sa njim i brinula se o njegovoj kući.
For many years, his sister lived with him and took care of his house.
Ali ona je umrla deset godina pre njega. Posle toga, on se osećao veoma tužno i usamljeno.
But she died ten years before he did. After this, he felt very sad and lonely.
Ona je ostavila prazninu. Zato je pozvao svog sestrića, gospodina Henrija Dašvuda, i njegovu porodicu da žive sa njim.
She left an empty space. So he invited his nephew, Mr. Henry Dashwood, and his family to live with him.