Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen is a romantic fiction novel about the Dashwood sisters “Elinor” and “Marianne” who go through love, romance, hardship and heartbreak. The scene is set in Southwest England between the years 1792 and 1797 and it follows the story how the two sisters are forced to live in a relative’s estate due to the death of their father who leaves them with an inadequate inheritance.