'Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last
night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much
composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat.'
Spirited and impulsive, Marianne Dashwood is the complete opposite to her
controlled and sensible sister, Elinor. When it comes to matters of the heart,
Marianne is passionate and romantic and soon falls for the charming, but
unreliable Mr Willoughby. Elinor, in contrast, copes stoically with the news
that her love, Edward Ferrars is promised to another. It is through their shared
experiences of love that both sisters come to learn that the key to a successful
match comes from finding the perfect mixture of rationality and feeling.