Name: Sense and Sensibility
Released: 1981-01-31T16:00:00.000Z
Cast: Hetty Baynes, Julia Chambers

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In this adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, set among the stately homes of picturesque Dorset and Somerset, two sisters with differing attitudes toward life and love navigate their romantic lives in a society obsessed with wealth and status.

Drama · 1981 · 27 min

Starring Hetty Baynes , Julia Chambers

Director Rodney Bennett

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

After the passing of her beloved husband, Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters are forced to move to a tiny cottage on a cousin's estate in Devonshire to start their lives again. This causes a shakeup in romantic lives of her daughters Elinor and Marianne.

26 min · Feb 1, 1981
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Marianne cannot understand Elinor's philosophical acceptance of their new way of life at Barton Cottage as her own heart is breaking for their beloved house at Norwood.

25 min · Feb 8, 1981
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Just as it seems that Willoughby and Marianne must be about to announce their engagement, he departs for London, leaving her bewildered and desolate.

26 min · Feb 15, 1981
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Elinor has promised to keep the secret of Edward Ferrars' engagement to Lucy Steele. She manages to conceal her unhappiness even from Marianne, who is overjoyed that the two sisters are to visit London, as Willoughby lives there.

26 min · Feb 22, 1981
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Marianne's heart is doubly broken by a yet more callous rejection by Willoughby. Elinor is to meet Edward's mother.

25 min · Mar 1, 1981
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

The sisters are to end their unhappy stay in London. Elinor is now as desolate as Marianne, for the secret of Edward's engagement is out at last and he intends to stand by it. Mrs. Ferrars has cut him off without a penny, settling her entire estate on his brother Robert.

26 min · Mar 8, 1981

Hetty Baynes

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Julia Chambers

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Rodney Bennett

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