The chapter describes everyone’s reactions. Dashwood announces that they are to leave soon, and take the cottage in Devonshire. The clash between sense and sensibility is again shown in this discussion between Elinor and Marianne, and what their views on Edward and Elinor’s relationship are. Edward and his relationship with the family is described. Dashwood and her daughters stay at Norland for a few months, because it is difficult to find a new home which they can afford with their small income.

John Dashwood, Fanny, is described and is revealed here as a creature even more selfish and uncaring as her husband. The novel was published in 1811 and was the first of Austen's works to be published, although it was originally printed under the pseudonym 'A Lady.'Īusten, J. These attachments lead to problems both personally and socially, and they must learn important lessons about themselves before resolutions can occur. Before the move, Elinor forms an attachment to Edward Ferrars, and after the move, Marianne forms one for John Willoughby. The family is forced to move to a country cottage, offered to them by a generous relative. Along with their mother and younger sister Margaret, they are left impoverished after the death of their father. The story concerns two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Elinor representing “sense” and Marianne “sensibility”). Sense and Sensibility is a novel of manners and societal expectations.

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