Sense and Sensibility by JANE AUSTEN
Abridged in ten parts by EVANGELINE BANKS
Read by Madeleine Cannon (1) Elinor and her sister Marianne can be said to embody the qualities represented by the title, although Elinor is not without sensibility and Marianne not devoid of sense. The two young girls, protected only by their widowed mother and a small private income, are involved in the delicate jostling for partners, property and power which is a principal concern of Jan« Austen's ' society '.
Producer MICHAEL ROLFE BBC Birmingham