Sense and Sensibility: Book vs. Movie
Ang Lee's 1995 film Sense and Sensibility adapts Jane Austen's book, with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Their father's death leaves both sisters navigating love with little financial security.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Year
- 1811
- Pages
- 268Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 12 hr 35 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Wendy Ellison Mullen
After their father's death leaves them with little money, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood move with their mother and younger sister to a modest cottage. Marianne openly pursues the romance she longs for, while Elinor keeps her hopes and disappointments private. Both must judge men whose intentions are obscured by money, family obligations and the rules of respectable society.
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Writer
- Emma Thompson
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 2 hr 16 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant
- Genre
- comedy, drama, romance
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
The Dashwood sisters lose their home and much of their income after their father's death, leaving their romantic prospects subject to other people's money. Elinor conceals her feelings for Edward Ferrars, while Marianne openly embraces the attentions of John Willoughby. Promises, social obligations and the quieter devotion of Colonel Brandon complicate both sisters' hopes for marriage.
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