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Sense and Sensibility is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel. The seven-part series was dramatised by Alexander Baron, and directed by Rodney Bennett. This telling of the tale omits the character of Margaret Dashwood, the younger sister of Elinor and Marianne. It has been remastered for release on DVD.
“They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.”
“Brandon is just the kind of man [...] whom everybody speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.”
“Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.”
“In spite of the absolute necessity of their returning to fulfil them immediately, which was in full force at the end of every week, they were prevailed on to stay nearly two months [...].”
“Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.”
“[...] an earnest, an unceasing attention to self-interest, however its progress may be apparently obstructed, will do in securing every advantage of fortune, with no other sacrifice than that of time and conscience.”
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