That is bewitching, the idea of one’s happiness depending entirely on another person. It is not always possible,” says the pragmatic and introverted Elinor (Daisy Edgar-Jones) to her impulsive sister, Marianne.

These lines from the new Sense and Sensibility film, directed by Georgia Oakley, are indicative of the moral dilemma at the heart of not just this story, but Austen’s body of work as a whole. Based on the Jane Austen classic of the same name, the story follows the Dashwood sisters, their contrasting responses to their father’s death, and their subsequent search for suitable husbands.