The PENULTIMATE BOOK EPISODE for Sense and Sensibility! The ladies return to Barton, Marianne grapples with her new understanding of Willoughby, and Mr. Ferrars gets married. We discuss Chekhov, instruments we play, and closure.

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

retrench (v): to reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Three Sisters, The Holiday, Ted Lasso, TJ Klune

Study Questions: Topics discussed include Marianne's growth, her and Mrs. Dashwood's reactions to Willoughby, Lucy's marriage, Elinor's emotional breakthrough.

Funniest Quote: "At his and Mrs. Jennings’s united request in return, Mrs. Dashwood was prevailed on to accept the use of his carriage on her journey back, for the better accommodation of her sick child; and the Colonel, at the joint invitation of Mrs. Dashwood and Mrs. Jennings, whose active good-nature made her friendly and hospitable for other people as well as herself, engaged with pleasure to redeem it by a visit at the cottage, in the course of a few weeks."

Questions Moving Forward: Are Edward and Elinor getting together? What about Marianne and Brandon? How did Lucy pull this off?

Who Wins the Chapters? EDWARD

Next Episode: Chapters 49+50

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