This fall, Georgia Oakley directs a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen’s debut novel, published anonymously in 1811 and credited to “A Lady.” A comedy of manners set in 1790s England, the story focuses on the fates of Elinor (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Marianne Dashwood (Esmé Creed-Miles), who are left suddenly destitute when their father dies and the family estate passes to their half-brother. Forced to move with their mother and younger sister to a modest cottage on a distant relative’s property, the sisters seek both love and financial security. Elinor embodies sense—she is rational and self-contained, even through heartbreak. Marianne embodies sensibility, which in Austen’s day meant passionate responses that could tip into recklessness. One approach is better than the other. The film arrives in theaters on October 16. —Clara Scholl