2. The Novelist
1775-1817

3. Jane Austen’s book describe, with a quiet
but sharp sense of fun, a world she knew
well: middle–class with daughters in need
of husbands.
The perfect husband is young and
handsome, loves music and literature, and
is good at dancing. More importantly, he
has plenty of money and a fine country
house.

4. The wars in Europe at the time of these
stories do not enter the picture. It was a
time when women did not go out to work
but stayed home and had children.
When daughters were fifteen or sixteen, it
was time to find the right young man for
an engagement and then marriage.

5. Jane Austen found success with her first
book Sense and Sensibility (1811) , which
she wrote fifteen years earlier when she
was twenty.
At the age of the forty-two, Jane became
ill and died in Winchester.

6. The Book

9. The Film

10. Colonel
Edward
Brandon
Ferrars
Elinor
Dashwood
Marianne
Dashwood
A film of Sense and Sensibility
was made in 1995, with Emma
Thomson, Kate Winslet, Hugh
Grant and Alan Rickman

11. Mr Dashwood has died and left his house
to his son from his first marriage.
The son, John and his wife, Fanny, do not
want the second Mrs Dahswood and her
three daughters to stay in the house.

12. Quickly Elinor and Edward
Ferrars became friends.
Elinor loves a quiet, kind young
man, Edward Ferrars. Edward
seems to like Elinor too.

13. Sir John Middleton, a relative from
Devon, in the west of England. He
wanted to offer their a house no far from
his large house, Barton Park.
Mrs Dashwood still hoped for some money
from John, but he did not give them
anything.

14. In their new home…
Marianne and Margaret decided to climb a
high hill together, near the house. They
began to run fast down the hill. Margaret
go to the bottom, but Marianne fell and
could not get up again.
A gentleman was walking near them with
his dog. He saw the accident, and
immediately came to help them.

15. One day, there was a plan to visit
Whitwell, Some friends of Colonel
Brandon lived there. But during breakfast,
Colonel Brandon came in with a letter, He
went to London immediately to finish
some important business.
Willoughby was there to say goodbye
because he is going back to London.
Marianne was very unhappy.

16. Mrs Jennins lived in London for part of
each year, and she invited Marianne and
Elinor to visit her there .
They arrived in London. Marianne wrote a
letter to Willoughby, but there was no
reply.

17. Before lunch, a letter came – a reply from
Willoughby. Marianne took it to her room,
and Elinor followed.
Marianne was lying on the bed, almost
screaming in pain. Elinor took the letter
and read it: “I am sorry, but you must
understand. I am engaged, and will soon
get married.”

18. On the other hand …
Edward and Lucy Steele are secretly
engaged.
Elinor: I do feel strongly for
Edward. Yes, I loved him, and it
was very painful. They have all hurt
me too.

19. They wanted to go home very much
now, after two months in London.
Colonel Brandon was coming too.
They were in Cleveland, only one day’s journey
from Barton. There, Marianne walked through
the wet grass and far away into the wilder part
of the park. After four days, she caught a terrible
cold.

20. For a few days, it was just an ordinary cold.
But the Marianne got much worse. She had
a terrible headache and a fever, and began to
say strange things.
Every day now Marianne got a little better,
and at last they were able to return to her
house at Barton. Colonel Brandon opened
his heart to her and told her about his love.

21. They saw a man on a horse, was it the
Colonel? He was coming to visit them very
soon. But, no! - it was Edward.
He said that his brother and Miss
Lucy Steele are married now. Then,
Elinor jumped to her feet and ran out
of the room. Three hours later, she and
Edward were engaged.

22. Elinor and Edward had very happy
years together.
Marianne soon loved Colonel Brandon with
all her heart.

23. The End