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: John Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood, Margaret Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Lady Middleton, Fanny Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings, Robert Ferrars, Anne Steele, Colonel Brandon, Sir John Middleton, Elinor Dashwood, John Willoughby, Lucy Steele
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1153681
places: England, London, England, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Devon, England
publisher: Quiet Vision Pub.