|Sense and Sensibility II

Marianne is nearly 17, and just at an age of being ripe to fall in love so when she meets Mr Willoughby,who is visiting one of their neighbours, she falls for him. Willoughby is handsome and charming and seems as taken with Marianne as she is with him, but Elinor is a little wary when they know that he does not have a large estate and shows no sign of proposing. Mrs Dashwood smiles on the romance. Elinor has an admirer, too, Edward Ferrars, the shy brother of her sister in law, Fanny. Hoowever the Ferrars family dont much like the idea of his marrying a girl with such a small dowry. The Dashwoods have settled into their cottage on Sir John Middleton's estate, and mainly socialise with the family. The Middletons have a visitor, Lady Middleton's mother, who is a kindly old lady whose husband was in trade, and who has a large fortune. She visits her 2 married daughters, Charlotte and Lady Middleton a lot and takes a liking to the Dashwoods. She is silly at times and vulgar, but well meaning. However Marianne finds her very annoying, with her teasing about love affairs.