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Emma thompson wrote the screenplay and stars as elinor dashwood, while kate winslet plays. Elinor,marianne and margaret loses their about to inherit wealth of their father which is taken over by their halfbrother. Sense and sensibility by jane austen about the book. This book was a little slow to start but after a few chapters i was hooked and couldnt wait to hear what happened next. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Learn english through stories native speaker 11,159 views. I listened to the audiobook version of sense and sensibility read by susannah harker and it was possibly the best audiobook i have ever heard. Read sense and sensibility with audio level 5 oxford bookworms library by jane austen available from rakuten kobo. The story follows the romantic trials and tribulations of the daughters of the recently widowed mrs. Nente my understanding was she actually gave the estate planned for edward the husband of miss morton to robert.
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Juliet stevenson has worked extensively for the rsc and the royal national theatre. A potential marriage prospect must make sense by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. He had always expected that he would be free to leave it, in turn, to be shared among his wife and three daughters. With their mother, their sister margaret, and their stepbrother john, they make up the dashwood family. Librivox recording of sense and sensibility, by jane austen. I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with, if i felt.
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