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Summary. When Mrs. Jennings planned to go to Cleveland, home of the Palmers, she invited Elinor and Marianne to go with her. Marianne at first declined violently since the house was in Somersetshire where the Willoughbys lived. But when Elinor wisely pointed out that they could get home more quickly by that route and more quickly see their dear ...
One day Marianne and Margaret were caught in a downpour. Running downhill, Marianne stumbled and fell; however, a young gentleman going uphill picked her up, carried her home, "and quitted not his hold till he had seated her in a chair in the parlour." Mrs. Dashwood was greatly impressed by the young man's "youth, beauty and elegance."
Analysis. Elinor and Marianne had now been in London for over two months, and Marianne was impatient to get back home. At the end of March, the Palmers were returning to their home at Cleveland, and they invited the Dashwood sisters. Marianne didn’t want to go, because Cleveland was near Willoughby’s home, but Elinor persuaded her to, by ...
The novel is immediately interested in questions of wealth, property, and inheritance. As women, the Dashwood sisters cannot make their own fortunes and must rely on inheriting or marrying into wealth. Henry Dashwood passed away only a year later, and on his deathbed asked John to look out for and help his daughters.
Summary. Analysis. Marianne stayed up all night, troubled over Willoughby’s sudden departure. The next day, she was still clearly upset and would talk to no one, indulging in her extreme feelings of sadness. Within a few days, Marianne’s attitude “sunk. . . into a calmer melancholy.”. Just as her mother did when Henry died, Marianne ...
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen published in 1811. Sense and Sensibility tells the story of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The message of the novel is to find the balance between sense (the mind) and sensibility (the heart). The contrast between sense and sensibility can also be viewed through the historical context of ...
Analysis. Mrs. Jennings, Elinor, and Marianne all felt compassion for Edward. For the next few days, they heard no more news about the matter. One day, Elinor and Mrs. Jennings went to Kensington Gardens. Mrs. Jennings ran into an old friend, and Elinor encountered Anne Steele. Mrs. Jennings encouraged Elinor to “get it all out of her,” and ...
