Sensibility. setting aside the secret engagement of edward and lucy, the shyness and social propriety with which edward and elinor behave toward each other, and the dramatic events in marianne's life that distract elinor, there is an ever-present hindrance to the possibility of edward and elinor marrying: money. how do the characters perceive of the uses of money and of the problems of the lack of money? in an essay of at least 250 words, and using details from the text, discuss the novel's ongoing concern with money as it dictates matrimony. click here to access the novel.