Jane Austen's first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, focused on the maturation of three Dashwood sisters. They are 19, 16, and 13 years old at the start of the novel. The girls were forced to leave their family home, which had fallen into the hands of their stepbrother. They moved to a modest house in a new neighbourhood, and their lives began to flow through new channels of love, romance, heartbreak, and everything associated with the lives of young women. It's a memorable novel.