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Sisterhood Rules in a 21st-Century Take on ‘Sense and Sensibility’

It is a truth universally acknowledged, as somebody once wrote, that a Jane Austen novel is a precursor to the modern rom-com.

And so we find ourselves, in a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, rooting for one thing: a kiss. A simple kiss, to break through the miscues and misunderstandings and finally release all that romantic tension.

Of course, we get it. Elinor locks lips with her Edward, out there in the grassy Devon fields, just as Bridget Jones did with Mark Darcy, in the snowy London streets. It’s a lovely kiss, and worth the wait.

But then … we get…

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