Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility,a novel by J. Austen , which grew from a sketch entitled ‘Elinor and Marianne’; revised 1797 – 8 and again 1809 ; published 1811 .
Mrs Henry Dashwood and her daughters Elinor and Marianne , together with the younger Margaret, are left in straitened circumstances, because the estate of which Mrs Dashwood's husband had the life interest has passed to her stepson John Dashwood . Henry Dashwood , before his death, had urgently recommended to John that he look after his stepmother and sisters, but John's selfishness, encouraged by his grasping wife (the daughter of the arrogant Mrs Ferrers), defeats his father's wish. Mrs Henry Dashwood and her daughters accordingly retire to a cottage in Devon, but not before Elinor and Edward Ferrers , brother of Mrs John Dashwood , have become much attracted to each other. However, Edward shows a strange uneasiness in his relations with Elinor. In...
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