description: '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 love—and its threatened loss—the 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.
title: Sense and Sensibility
titlecomplete: Sense and Sensibility
characters: Colonel Brandon, Margaret Dashwood, Robert Ferrars, Lady Middleton, Anne Steele, Sir John Middleton, Elinor Dashwood, Lucy Steele, John Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Mrs. Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings, John Willoughby, Fanny Dashwood
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 1153631
places: Devon, England, England, London, England, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Oxford University Press