+Gargi Chakravorty So true! Hilarious that it was finally Elinor who got a reaction out of him.

Actually, Susannah Harker is the daughter of Polly Adams and Richard Owens - Owens is the Colonel in this version of S&S. Joanna's daughter is Emilia Fox. The role Joanna and her daughter Emilia shared was the unnamed "second Mrs. de Winter" lead in Rebecca. Joanna played that role opposite Jeremy Brett (the best version), and later, Emilia played it opposite Charles Dance (a so-so version)..

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Agreed, but also, lets not forget that he was also counting on Elinor to be as harsh and judgemental about Colonel Brandon' s niece behavior, in those days the morals were so tight on women that even an innocent change of letters between a single woman and a gentleman would be cause for a lost reputation on the lady's part. So Elinor's reaction was quite uncharacteristic of the society and times. ( not so long ago this was still seen as worse than death for a single girl )A pregnancy was enough for a girl to be outcast and to be labeled as a prostitute .What he saw as a good argument and one that he used on his circle for sure, was lost on her and he was smart enough to realise it. In fact if not for Brandon and Sir Middleton and Mrs Jennings kind and benevolent behavior through the whole story ,Marianne's reputation would have been lost too because of her sending him letters, driving unchaperoned in his carriage and visiting his aunt's house just the two of them.

There really is nothing positive about Mr. Willowby, outside of being a great horseman and hunter. This visit to see or justify himself to the Dashwood sisters is an affront to his wife. Once he married her, other attachments should go. He has no business expecting Marianne to be a third and regardless of her personality, his wife should come first. As a side note, the hairdos in this clip are beyond believable. Here they are, worn out and worried sick, and their hair is made up to perfection! Funny!

+Die Welt von Jane Austen But he was a scalawag! He s charming though.

Die Welt von Jane Austen what is there to like about a man who gets a young girl pregnant, plays with another's emotions, and marries a third for her money? And takes no responsibility for his actions? Men like him still exist today, they are called deadbeats.

I see you wrote this a year ago. But I think Elinor took issue with W's letter to Marianne because it was cold and unfeeling and calculated to hurt, whatever his wife's style in dictation and composition. I think when W praises his wife's hand in its writing, he does so with a note of irony which is why he seems almost to laugh. That's just my opinion, though.