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Written by [[Jane Austen (Creator)|Jane Austen]] and published in 1811, ''Sense and Sensibility'' is one of her best-known novels, not least because of the 1995 Ang Lee film ([[Sense and Sensibility (Film)|which has its own page here]]). It tells the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who, on the death of their father, are forced to move (along with their mother and younger sister) into rather more straightened circumstances. The novel follows Elinor's quiet, restrained love affair with Edward Ferrars (her sister-in-law's brother who is expected to marry a rich woman) and Marianne's more overtly-romantic love triangle with the dashing Willoughby and the older, reliable Colonel Brandon.▼
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The main theme of the novel is the contrast between reasonable Elinor's patience and sense of responsibility and Marianne's headstrong love of romance ("sensibility" in the language of the time), which often leads her into trouble.
The 1995 film cast [[Emma Thompson]] as Elinor and [[Kate Winslet]] as Marianne; a 2008 [[BBC]] [[Miniseries]], which drew heavy inspiration from the film and is comparable in quality, cast Hattie Morahan as Elinor and Charity Wakefield as Marianne. There is also a [[The Otherwoods|Tamil-language Indian film]] based on the book and 1995 film, starring [[Aishwarya Rai]] and available in the US under the title ''I Have Found It.'' In 2010, Marvel Illustrated produced a [[Comic Book Adaptation]], script by Nancy Butler, art and covers by Sonny Liew.
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* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Marianne to Elinor, although Elinor has much more affection for Marianne than the trope implies. Their youngest sister, Margaret, is rarely annoying -- and indeed has so little presence in the story that her existence is often forgotten; she does, however, have one moment of fulfilling the trope. When Mrs Jennings asks for information about Elinor's [[Love Interest]], Margaret innocently obliges.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]:
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* [[The Dandy]]: Robert Ferrars.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Colonel Brandon. He confides it to Elinor, including the part about his childhood sweetheart, his childhood sweetheart's illegitimate daughter, and his childhood's sweetheart's illegitimate daughter's seducer (who happens to be {{spoiler|Willoughby}}.) See? He had a point.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Mr. Palmer. Elinor too, although she mostly [[Surrounded
* [[
* [[The Ditz]]: Mrs. Palmer and the Steele sisters, especially the elder sister Nancy.
* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]]
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* [[Disposable Fiance]]: Lucy Steele.
* [[Doting Parent]]: Mrs. Dashwood to Marianne; Lady Middleton to all of her children, who are described as essentially her reason for existing.
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* [[Jerkass]]: John Dashwood and his wife Fanny. Fanny is ''far'' more of a [[Jerkass]] than John, though; it's shown that John does at least have genuine affection for his sisters and might be a better person without his wife's influence. He's still way too preoccupied with money to be very likeable, however.
** Fanny's other brother, Robert, is also one of these, as is their mother. One really has to wonder how Edward turned out so nice, coming from such a family.
* [[Jerk
** Mr. Palmer actually is one. He's either rude or indifferent to everyone he meets, but later on it's shown that he does love his wife and child, and he goes out of his way to be kind and polite to Marianne and Elinor when events go against them.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Colonel Brandon confides his [[Backstory]] to Elinor, including the fact that his first love was his cousin Elizabeth.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Colonel Brandon; intentionally subverted with Willoughby.
* [[Kuudere]]: Oh, Elinor.
* [[Last
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Colonel Brandon's first name is never revealed.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Marianne and Willoughby
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* [[Not So Stoic]]: Elinor
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Colonel Brandon approaches Elinor with a proposition -- since Edward, freshly disinherited for being engaged to Lucy, needs to make a living, the Colonel wants to offer him the position of rector in his home parish, and would like Elinor to act as intermediary since the men have never met. Mrs. Jennings misunderstands what little she overhears, and thinks that the Colonel has proposed marriage to Elinor. Several pages later, the discrepancy is clarified, and both women are considerably amused by it.
* [[The Noun and
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Marianne seems, through much of the story, like she's deliberately ignoring Colonel Brandon's undeclared love for her. On literally the second-to-last page, it's finally clarified that ''she honestly had no idea'', and is stunned when she realizes it.
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: Happens as a result of [[Not What It Looks Like]] above.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Elinor, as are most [[
* [[Passed Over Inheritance]]: Mr. Dashwood doesn't actually get hit with it, but the terms of the will are effectively so.
* [[Passive Aggressive Combat]]: Elinor and Lucy Steele.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child; it's even explained in an early chapter that Mrs. Dashwood dotes on her because of her three daughters, Marianne is the most like herself. It's also implied that Mrs. Jennings favors Mrs. Palmer over Lady Middleton, for the same reason.
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Colonel Brandon and his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth were forcibly separated. Later, Edward's refusal to break off his engagement to Lucy causes his mother to disown him.
* [[Parents
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]
* [[Politeness Judo]]: See [[Passive Aggressive Combat]].
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* [[Secret Keeper]]: Elinor for Lucy and Brandon.
* [[Secret Relationship]]: Edward and Lucy
* [[Separated
* [[Settle for Sibling]]: Planned by Mrs. Ferrars and ultimately happens... just not at all in the way she expected.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Elinor, who usually ignores the various conjectures and hints everybody makes about her love life, at one point finds herself obliged to tell John that no, she is not going to marry Colonel Brandon. John completely ignores her. He knows better, obviously.
* [[Shipper
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Obviously.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Nancy Steele, Lucy's sister, acts this way about her [[Love Interest]], identified only as "the Doctor" ([[Doctor Who
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Elinor's first choice -- and Marianne's second.
* [[The Spock]]: Elinor, the "sense."
* [[Spot of Tea]]: Elinor's [[The All
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Everyone to some extent except Marianne.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: Elinor. Colonel Brandon also qualifies.
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* [[Twice Shy]]: Elinor and Edward
* [[The Vamp]]: Fanny Dashwood. The woman is a work of art. She talks her husband out of fulfilling his father's [[Last Request]] to [[Take Care of the Kids]]. Then she treats them with all sorts of coldness and contempt because they're living in what is now her house. Then she resents them for taking their own staff with them when they move out. She even resents the fact that they take ''their own belongings'' with them!
* [[Wide
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Fanny, an excellent one. Miss Steele reveals Lucy's engagement. Fanny falls into violent hysterics and kicks them out of the house. Her husband's comment: "She has borne it all with the fortitude of an angel! She says she shall never think well of anybody again."
* [[Wrong Guy First]]: Marianne with Willoughby; Edward goes through Wrong Girl First with Lucy.
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=== Tropes relating to adaptations include: ===
* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]]
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** Played with in the movie; immediately after Elinor's outburst Marianne bursts into tears, forcing Elinor to console her and once again making it all about Marianne and ''her'' feelings.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Marianne, after some time moping about in a damp garden. The movie makes it more believably by turning this into a long walk in a torrential downpour, to the point that some people remember that having happened in the ''book'' -- Emma Thompson on the DVD mentions having been very flattered when a fan told her that scene (Marianne walking to see Willoughby's house in the rain) was her favourite one in the book, since it meant Thompson had captured Austen's style perfectly.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Colonel Brandon's first name is never revealed in the novel. (The 1995 movie gives him one -- Christopher -- which is mentioned only in the letter that accompanies the piano he buys for Marianne.)
* [[Licensed Game]]: It's one of the three Austen novels that gets mashed up in the PC game ''[[Matches and Matrimony]]''; Colonel Brandon is one of the suitors that the player character can potentially marry.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''[[Sense and Sensibility
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