Sense and Sensibility II

Marianne is nearly 17, and just at an age to fall in love. She meets Mr Willoughby, who is visiting one of their neighbours, and 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. They know that he does not have a large estate and while he pays attention to Marianne, he does not propose. Mrs Dashwood smiles on the romance. Elinor has an admirer, too, Edward Ferrars, the shy brother of her sister in law, Fanny. However, the Ferrars family don't much like the idea of his marrying a girl with such a small dowry. The Dashwoods have settled into their cottage at Barton park, the Middleton estate, and socialise with the family. The Middletons have a visitor, Mrs Jennings, Lady Middleton's mother, who is a kindly old lady whose husband was in trade. She is comfortably off. 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.