Sense and sensibility
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A potential marriage prospect must make "sense" by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. Provided one can find such a match among the eligible persons of the opposite sex, one then hopes for "sensibility", or capacity for emotion, so that if love is not immediately to hand, it might come around later. And while these gentlemen and ladies make their hopeful pirouettes in the social eye, they must of course adhere to all the forms of civility. Jane Austen writes of the family of a gentleman named Dashwood who dies and leaves most of his fortune to his son, with the understanding that he will "look out for" his mother and three sisters. When that son marries a grasping woman who convinces him that his sisters' funds are suitable to their needs and so require no contributions from his inherited fortune, the sisters are left to play the game of "Sense and Sensibility" in earnest. But all's not fair in love. Carefully prepared "attachments" can and do go awry when gentlemen find other young women of greater fortunes than the Dashwood sisters. So, will they marry for love? Or money? Or perhaps, not at all? The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. Both struggle to maintain their integrity and find happiness in the face of a competitive marriage market.
Austen, J. (2021). Sense and sensibility. 1. Mumbai, DIGITAL FIRE.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane. 2021. Sense and Sensibility. Mumbai, DIGITAL FIRE.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane, Sense and Sensibility. Mumbai, DIGITAL FIRE, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. 1. Mumbai, DIGITAL FIRE, 2021.
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