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In Hallmark’s first period adaptation, the network is debuting "Sense and Sensibility," a film about love, sisterhood, family and purpose, under its Mahogany brand.

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Sense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The satirical, comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the impoverished Dashwood family, focusing on the sisters Elinor and Marianne, personifications of good sense (common sense) and sensibility (emotionality), respectively. T...

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"Sense and Sensibility" looks splendid in Sony’s new 4K UHD release, part of their 6-film "Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 2."

Columbia Classics has upped the game by bringing a superb collection of six of their classic and highly praised films together in a box set in 4K for the first time ever.

Her mother, Bridget Cawston, brought up her three daughters alone while working several jobs. The family eventually found a home at Barton Cottage in West Runton, living with their grandmother, Mrs Cawston’s mother, on the north Norfolk coast. Growing up, the three sisters - Jill, Jenny, and Jane - were very close. Jill was especially very proud of her aunt, the author of the children’s books The Islanders, Gay Knowles. The sisters were depicted in the illustrations for the books. After sc...

Her mother, Bridget Cawston, brought up her three daughters alone while working several jobs. The family eventually found a home at Barton Cottage in West Runton, living with their grandmother, Mrs Cawston’s mother, on the north Norfolk coast. Growing up, the three sisters - Jill, Jenny, and Jane - were very close. Jill was especially very proud of her aunt, the author of the children’s books The Islanders, Gay Knowles. The sisters were depicted in the illustrations for the books. After sc...