In 'Sense and Sensibility,' Jane Austen masterfully contrasts the lives of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, sisters navigating love and loss in a society that prizes propriety above passion.
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After the death of their father, the Dashwood sisters—Elinor, the pragmatic and reserved elder sister, and Marianne, the passionate and impulsive younger one—are forced to leave their family estate and settle in a…