Book profile
Sense and Sensibility
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 1811
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Following the death of Mr. Dashwood, his second wife and three daughters—practical Elinor, romantic Marianne, and young Margaret—are left in reduced circumstances and taken in by a kindly cousin. Their diminished fortune affects both sisters' marriageability. Elinor forms an attachment to the wealthy Edward Ferrars, but his family disapproves and separates them. Meanwhile, well-meaning Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy Colonel Brandon with Marianne, but Marianne is drawn to the dashing Willoughby. Both courtships are sorely tested by hardship and heartbreak before true love and a happy ending prevail for the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility.
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- Forbidden Love: “his family disapproves and separates them” source
- Angst: “Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak” source
- Slow Burn: “Both relationships are sorely tried” source
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Content notes
- death of parent
Heat and content-note sources
death of parent: “When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage” Source
