Marianne's abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor's. She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.

Marianne的能力在許多方面都與Elinor比肩。她通情達(dá)理、冰雪聰明；但是對(duì)于所有事情她的感情都非常熾烈，她的悲傷、她的喜悅都沒有一個(gè)度。她慷慨、友善、風(fēng)趣，什么都好，就是不夠穩(wěn)健。她和她母親之間的相似點(diǎn)就是異常地優(yōu)秀。