The Dashwood sisters - 19-year-old Elinor and Marianne, aged 17 - are left poor and homeless by their father's death. One way out of this misfortune is for both girls to marry well. Impetuous Marianne and cautious Elinor find through trial and error that a mixture of sense and sensibility is the key.
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