Sense and Sensibility - Original Version

The Dashwood sisters - Elinor, Marianne and Margaret - and their mother face potential poverty when Mr Dashwood´s estate passes to their half-brother John and his snobbish wife, Fanny. Fanny persuades John to withhold the inheritance his father had suggested he provide, and the couple move into the estate, disrupting the sisters´ lives. Fanny´s brother, Edward Ferrars, visits and forms a close bond with Elinor, much to Fanny´s dismay. Mrs Jennings, a distant relative of the Dashwoods, offers them a Devonshire cottage owned by her son-in-law, Sir John Middleton, at a reduced rent. Mrs Dashwood accepts, while Elinor hopes Edward will propose, although he merely promises to visit...