Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love– and its threatened loss–the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

The love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who misjudge, then challenge and change each other, is also a novel about the search for happiness and self- knowledge in a world of strict social rules, where a woman must marry well to survive.

Marianne und Elinor Dashwood sind Schwestern, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein können: Während Marianne impulsiv und voller ungestümer Gefühle ist, vertraut die eher ruhige Elinor stets auf ihren scharfen Verstand. Doch dann bringen der stürmische Willoughby, der nüchternde Brandon und der angehende Geistliche Ferrars die Welt der Schwestern durcheinander…