Jane Austen's moving depiction of wild emotions and bitterly suppressed
feelings tells the story of two sisters- impulsive, idealistic Marianne,
whose whirlwind romance with the unsuitable John Willoughby leaves her open
to harmful gossip, and Elinor, who struggles quietly to conceal her own
heartbreak, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel
experience of love - and its threatened loss - the two sisters learn that
the path to happiness is not easy in a society where status and money
govern the rules of love.