...bed beside her daughter, who rested her head on her shoulder as she read. '"Marianne Dashwood was bom to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover...by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. She was bom to overcome an affection formed so late in life as at seventeen, and with no sentiment superior...

...heavily ironical account of Marianne's progress towards legal and emotional attachment to Brandon: Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate....by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. She was bom to overcome an affection formed so late in life as at seventeen, and with no sentiment superior...

...of facts, and are found inapplicable to real life. The concluding moral of Sense and Sensibility is: Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate....was born to overcome an affection formed so late in ltfe as at seventeen, and with no sentiment superior to strong esteem and lively friendship voluntarily...

...her to alter. This alteration is summarised on page or two before the end of the novel when we read, 'Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate....counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.' (366) Marianne's discovery (which is nevertheless not quite so simplistic as mis summary of her 'fate'...