Marianne Dashwood is a fictional character in Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. The 16-year-old second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood, she mostly embodies the "sensibility" of t
As seen in this 19th-century illustration, Marianne's joys, loves, and sorrows know no restraint, opposed to her sister Elinor's 'propriety.'
Edward Ferrars is a fictional character in Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. He is the eldest in his family and forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood, one of the novel's main protagonis