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Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is allcalmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, commonsense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, fullof passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull commonsense - or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age ofmarriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And ifyour heart is broken at the age of seventeen, how can you ever expectto recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?