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Sense and Sensibility was released to cinemas on 15 December 1995, and earned a total worldwide gross of $134,582,776. Based on 67 reviews from film critics, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has calculated Sense and Sensibility ' s approval rating to be 97%.
Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 period drama film directed by Ang Lee and based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name. Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay and stars as Elinor Dashwood , while Kate Winslet plays Elinor's younger sister Marianne .
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Sense and Sensibility: Directed by Ang Lee. With James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Kate Winslet. Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance.
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Country gentleman Henry Dashwood dies, unable to pass on the estate where he lived with his second wife and their three daughters. Norland Park is entailed to be inherited through the male line to John Dashwood, Henry's son by his first marriage, and thence to Harry Dashwood, the four-year-old son of John. On his deathbed, Henry extracts a promise ...
Jane Austen wrote the first draft of the novel in the form of a novel-in-letters (epistolary form) perhaps as early as 1795 when she was about 19 years old, or 1797, at age 21, and is said to have given it the title Elinor and Marianne. She later changed the form to a narrative and the title to Sense and Sensibility. Austen drew inspiration for Sen...
"Sense" means good judgment, wisdom, or prudence, and "sensibility" means sensitivity, sympathy, or emotionality. Elinor is described as a character with great "sense" (although Marianne, too, is described as having sense), and Marianne is identified as having a great deal of "sensibility" (although Elinor, too, feels deeply, without expressing it ...
Sense and Sensibility, much like Austen's other fiction, has attracted a large body of criticism from many different approaches. Early reviews of Sense and Sensibility focused on the novel as providing lessons in conduct (which would be debated by many later critics), as well as reviewing the characters. The Norton Critical Edition of Sense and Sen...
In 1811, Thomas Egerton of the Military Library publishing house in London accepted the manuscript for publication in three volumes. Austen paid to have the book published and paid the publisher a commission on sales. The cost of publication was more than a third of Austen's annual household income of £460 (about £15,000 in 2008 currency). She made...
Screen
1. 1971: An adaptation for BBC television was dramatized by Denis Constanduros and directed by David Giles. 2. 1981: A seven-episode TV series was directed by Rodney Bennett. 3. 1995: A theatrical release was adapted by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee. 4. 2000: A Tamil version titled Kandukondain Kandukondain stars Mammootty (Colonel Brandon), Ajith Kumar (Edward Ferrars), Tabu (Elinor), Aishwarya Rai (Marianne), and Abbas(John Willoughby). 5. 2006: Material Girls, directed by Martha Co...
Radio
1. In 2013, Helen Edmundson adapted Sense and Sensibility for BBC Radio 4.
Stage
1. 2013: Sense & Sensibility, the Musical (book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and music by Neal Hampton) received its world premiere by the Denver Center Theatre Company in April 2013, as staged by Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge.It received its UK Premier in May of 2023 by the Surrey Opera Company. 2. 2014: The Utah Shakespeare Festivalpresented Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan's adaptation. 3. 2016: The Bedlam theatrical troupe mounted a well-received minimalist production that...
Sense and Sensibility at Standard EbooksSense and Sensibility at Project GutenbergSense and Sensibility at Open LibrarySense and Sensibility public domain audiobook at LibriVox- 1811
- Romance novel
- Jane Austen
- Thomas Egerton, Military Library (Whitehall, London)
Apr 25, 2024 · Sense and Sensibility, a novel by Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The pointedly satirical, comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.
Dec 13, 1995 · The fun of “Sense and Sensibility,” among other things, is wondering if anything will make Marianne more sensible and Elinor more emotional. In this the film is helped by some fine casting.
Jul 20, 2023 · Jane Austen’s razor-sharp wit shines through in this fresh and funny adaptation of her beloved classic from the Olivier Award-winning writer Jessica Swale. Ages 7+ “Sense and Sensibility (Swale)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
