Sense and Sensibility on screen

Jane Austen's Dashwood story has been shaped both as a compact feature and as a three-part television adaptation with more room for its courtships and financial pressures.

This map covers the related screen works currently supported by PlotGeeks, rather than every adaptation ever made.

1. Source book | 1811Sense and Sensibility
2. 1995 | Feature filmSense and SensibilityAdapted from | Ang Lee

   The feature streamlines secondary relationships and makes the sisters' emotional bond the clearest route through the courtships.

   Compare with the book
3. 2008 | MiniseriesSense and SensibilityAdapted from | John Alexander

   Three episodes retain more of the family's reduced circumstances and let Elinor and Marianne's separate disappointments unfold gradually.