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1、Marriageisamatterofone’ssenseandsensibilitySenseandSensibilitywasJaneAusten'sfirstpublishednovel.AlthoughSenseandSensibilityissimilartoherothernovelsinplot,tone,andtypeofcharacters,itdiffersfromtheothersinitsrepresentationofthecourtshipoftwosistersratherthanoneheroine,therearetwo.Inthen
2、ovel,ElinorDashwood,anineteenyearoldwomanofsenseandMarianneDashwoodisherseventeenyearoldsisterwithsensibility.ElinorissubduedandquietwhileMarianneisemotionalandromantic.Thetwomaincharacters’storiesaboutfindingahappymarriageinspirereaderstoreadthenovelagainandagainandthinkaboutthethemeof
3、it,whichmaybethereasonforthepopularityofthenovel.SenseandSensibilitybeginswiththewidowedMrs.Dashwoodandherthreedaughters—Elinor,Marianne,andMargaret—beingoustedfromtheirhomewhenthenewowner,JohnDashwoodandhiswife,Fanny,moveinJohnDashwood,Mr.Dashwood'seldestsonfromhisfirstmarriage,inherit
4、shisfather'sentireestate,underthelawsofprimogeniture.TheDashwoodwomenaregivenahome,BartonCottage,ontheestateofSirJohnMiddleton,adistantrelative.Onevisitortothearea,ColonelBrandon,isinterestedromanticallyinMarianne,buthedoesnotfitheridealofaromanticheroandsheignoreshim.However,anothervis
5、itortothearea,Willoughby,matchesherexpectationsandshefallsinlovewithhim.Meanwhile,Elinorbecomesdisappointedthatthemaninwhomsheisinterested,EdwardFerrarswhoisFannyDashwood'sbrother,ayoungclergyman,doesnotcallonherasshehadexpected.OtherguestsattheMiddletons'includethePalmersandtheMissesSt
6、eele,who,liketheDashwoodsisters,aredependentuponotherstoavoidslippingfromgentilitytopoverty;theyoungerofwhom,Lucy,revealstoElinorthatsheissecretlyengagedtoEdwardFerrars.Althoughbitterlydisappointed,Elinorpromisestokeepthesecretandbearsthisnewswithfortitude.InLondon,Mariannediscoversthat
7、Willoughbyisgoingtomarryformoneyandrejectherentirely.WhenLucySteelerevealshersecretengagementtoEdward,heisdisinheritedinfavorofhisyoungerbrother,Robert.ReturningtoBarton,MariannefallsillatthePalmers'estate.Willoughbyarrives,concernedaboutMarianne,andconfessestoElinorthatheloves
