by Jane Austen
Mid- to Late August
Elinor and Edward marry
This was one month before the following event. It is described as “early in the autumn,” but in Britain this included August.
Late September
Elinor and Edward move into their parsonage
They are visited by their relations and friends
This happened soon after their move, and Mrs. Jennings came “by Michaelmas,” i.e., September 29.
Later in Year
Mrs. Ferrars forgives Robert and Lucy
This occurred “before many months had passed away.”
Latter Part of Next Year
Marianne and Colonel Brandon marry
They married two years after she had judged him “too old to be married,” which was in September of the first year of the novel.
Bibliography
EDITIONS OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Chapman, R. W., ed., The Novels of Jane Austen, Vol. I: Sense and Sensibility (Oxford, 1933)
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The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen (Cambridge, 2005–2009)
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Biographical
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Critical
Auerbach, Emily, Searching for Jane Austen (Madison, 2004)
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General Histories and Reference
Burton, Elizabeth, The Pageant of Georgian England (New York, 1967)
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Language of the Period
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Cultural and Literary Background
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Marriage and the Family
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The Position of Women
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Children and Childbearing
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Housekeeping and Servants
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Entails and Settlements
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Money and Finance
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The Rural World
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Urban Life
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London
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The Professions
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