Sense and Sensibility

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When their father dies, the Dashwood women--Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne and young Margaret--are plunged into poverty. Things take a turn for the better when sensible Elinor finds herself falling deeply in love with shy kindred spirit Edward Ferrars. But they soon split apart when the Dashwoods move to a small cottage on the country estate of distant relatives. There Marianne, an impulsive romantic, is swept off her feet by the seemingly perfect John Willoughby, who inexplicably leaves for London. Both girls long for answers to the mysteries left behind by both men. Will the sisters be unlucky in love forever?