Sense and Sensibility
/ˌsens ən sensəˈbɪləti/
/ˌsens ən sensəˈbɪləti/
- the first novel (1811) by Jane Austen, in which she creates a clever comedy about the importance of money and marriage to the English upper middle class. It is the story of the Dashwood family, in particular two sisters, Elinor, who is very sensible, and Marianne, who is much more emotional. They fall in love with two men but then discover that they are both engaged to be married already. When Edward, the man loved by Elinor, loses both his wealth and the woman he is engaged to marry, he is happy to marry Elinor, the woman he really loves. Willoughby, however, the man loved by Marianne, leaves her to marry a rich woman. She is sad for a time, but finally marries somebody else.
理智与情感：简·奥斯丁的第一本小说（1811年），其中一部巧妙的喜剧讲述了金钱和婚姻对英国上层中产阶级的重要性。这是达什伍德（Dashwood）一家的故事，特别是两个姐妹，埃莉诺（Elinor）非常懂事，玛丽安（Marianne）更加激动。他们爱上了两个男人，但随后发现他们俩已经订婚。当爱琳娜（Elinor）所爱的男人爱德华（Edward）既失去了财富，又失去了自己要娶的女人时，他很乐意嫁给他真正爱的女人埃莉诺（Elinor）。然而，玛丽安（Marianne）所爱的男人威洛比（Willoughby）却让她嫁给了一个有钱的女人。她有一段时间很难过，但最终嫁给了别人。