
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
After losing their fortune, two sisters—one ruled by impulsive emotion, the other by prudent logic—must navigate the treacherous waters of courtship. As they suffer heartbreaks and misunderstandings, they learn that neither head nor heart can survive alone. It is a study in balance, perfect for exploring how different personalities handle love.

After losing their fortune, two sisters—one ruled by impulsive emotion, the other by prudent logic—must navigate the treacherous waters of courtship. As they suffer heartbreaks and misunderstandings, they learn that neither head nor heart can survive alone. It is a study in balance, perfect for exploring how different personalities handle love.
CHAPTER I.
"The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence..."
CHAPTER II.
"Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother and sisters-in-law were..."
CHAPTER III.
"Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any disinclination to move when the sight..."
CHAPTER IV.
"“What a pity it is, Elinor,” said Marianne, “that Edward should have no taste for drawing.”“No taste..."
CHAPTER V.
"No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged herself in the pleasure of announci..."
CHAPTER VI.
"The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a disposition to be otherwise than t..."
CHAPTER VII.
"Barton Park was about half a mile from the cottage. The ladies had passed near it in their way along..."
CHAPTER VIII.
"Mrs. Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had l..."
CHAPTER IX.
"The Dashwoods were now settled at Barton with tolerable comfort to themselves. The house and the gar..."
CHAPTER X.
"Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, styled Willoughby, called at t..."
CHAPTER XI.
"Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so man..."
CHAPTER XII.
"As Elinor and Marianne were walking together the next morning the latter communicated a piece of new..."
CHAPTER XIII.
"Their intended excursion to Whitwell turned out very different from what Elinor had expected. She wa..."
CHAPTER XIV.
"The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit at the park, with his steadiness in concealing its..."
CHAPTER XV.
"Mrs. Dashwood’s visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day, and two of her daughters went with..."
CHAPTER XVI.
"Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first nig..."
CHAPTER XVII.
"Mrs. Dashwood was surprised only for a moment at seeing him; for his coming to Barton was, in her op..."
CHAPTER XVIII.
"Elinor saw, with great uneasiness the low spirits of her friend. His visit afforded her but a very p..."
CHAPTER XIX.
"Edward remained a week at the cottage; he was earnestly pressed by Mrs. Dashwood to stay longer; but..."
CHAPTER XX.
"As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next day, at one door, Mrs. Palmer ca..."
Passage 21
"The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at Barton were again left to en..."
CHAPTER XXII.
"Marianne, who had never much toleration for any thing like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of p..."
Passage 23
"However small Elinor’s general dependence on Lucy’s veracity might be, it was impossible for her on..."
CHAPTER XXIV.
"In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began.“I should be undeserving of the confidence you ha..."
CHAPTER XXV.
"Though Mrs. Jennings was in the habit of spending a large portion of the year at the houses of her c..."
CHAPTER XXVI.
"Elinor could not find herself in the carriage with Mrs. Jennings, and beginning a journey to London..."
CHAPTER XXVII.
"“If this open weather holds much longer,” said Mrs. Jennings, when they met at breakfast the followi..."
CHAPTER XXVIII.
"Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, to make Elinor regret what she had done, in app..."
CHAPTER XXIX.
"Before the housemaid had lit their fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over a cold, gloom..."
CHAPTER XXX.
"Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without waiting to have her request..."
CHAPTER XXXI.
"From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consci..."
CHAPTER XXXII.
"When the particulars of this conversation were repeated by Miss Dashwood to her sister, as they very..."
CHAPTER XXXIII.
"After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister’s entreaties, and consented to go out with her..."
CHAPTER XXXIV.
"Mrs. John Dashwood had so much confidence in her husband’s judgment, that she waited the very next d..."
CHAPTER XXXV.
"Elinor’s curiosity to see Mrs. Ferrars was satisfied. She had found in her every thing that could te..."
CHAPTER XXXVI.
"Within a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the world, that the lady of Thomas..."
CHAPTER XXXVII.
"Mrs. Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother felt it no longer necessary to gi..."
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
"Mrs. Jennings was very warm in her praise of Edward’s conduct, but only Elinor and Marianne understo..."
CHAPTER XXXIX.
"The Miss Dashwoods had now been rather more than two months in town, and Marianne’s impatience to be..."
CHAPTER XL.
"“Well, Miss Dashwood,” said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as soon as the gentleman had withdra..."
CHAPTER XLI.
"Edward, having carried his thanks to Colonel Brandon, proceeded with his happiness to Lucy; and such..."
CHAPTER XLII.
"One other short call in Harley Street, in which Elinor received her brother’s congratulations on the..."
CHAPTER XLIII.
"Marianne got up the next morning at her usual time; to every inquiry replied that she was better, an..."
CHAPTER XLIV.
"Elinor, starting back with a look of horror at the sight of him, obeyed the first impulse of her hea..."
CHAPTER XLV.
"Elinor, for some time after he left her, for some time even after the sound of his carriage had died..."
CHAPTER XLVI.
"Marianne’s illness, though weakening in its kind, had not been long enough to make her recovery slow..."
CHAPTER XLVII.
"Mrs. Dashwood did not hear unmoved the vindication of her former favourite. She rejoiced in his bein..."
CHAPTER XLVIII.
"Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event, however certain the..."
CHAPTER XLIX.
"Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances of his release might appear to the whole family, it was..."
CHAPTER L.
"After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so violent and so steady as to preserve..."