What do the literary characters Marianne, Isabella, Jane and Mary have in common?
All are heroines in a Jane Austen novel but not the main protagonist. All but Isabella are actually sisters of the main heroine. Marianne Dashwood the romantically inclined and eagerly expressive second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility Jane Bennet is the eldest Bennet sister. Twenty-two years old when the novel begins, she is considered the most beautiful young lady in the neighbourhood. She is from Prideand prejudice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice There are actually three Marys: Maria Bertram is the very beautiful elder daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram; she is three years older than Fanny from Mansfield Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Park_(novel) Mary Musgrove The youngest daughter of Sir Walter, married to Charles Musgrove in Persuasion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel) Mary Bennet is the middle Bennet sister, aged around eighteen in Pride and Prejudi
