What Ought to Have Been: A Sense and Sensibility Variation

Retribution belongs to God, and I am ill-equipped to carry it out in His place.
~Elinor Dashwood

Before leaving Norland forever, Miss Elinor Dashwood forms an attachment to Mr. Edward Ferrars. Her tender regard stays constant when the four Dashwood ladies remove to Devonshire to let Barton Cottage. Elinor’s fervent hopes for the future are dashed when she becomes an unwilling confidant to Miss Lucy Steele, who she learns has been betrothed to Edward for four years.
Unfortunately for Miss Steele, she never secures Elinor’s promise to keep silent on the matter. When Marianne encounters Elinor amidst her misery, the sisters share confidences and Marianne is left comparing Edward’s honorable behavior with that of Mr. John Willoughby. Her musings lead to some startling revelations, and a spark is lit within her.
Determined to right the wrongs perpetrated upon her and her beloved relations, Marianne takes matters into her own hands. Elinor may be ill-equipped to carry out God’s retribution, but Marianne is not. Armed with determination and resolve, Marianne Dashwood sets out to accomplish her aims by any means necessary, but will she reach the end of her journey without losing herself in the process?
What Ought to Have Been is a Sense and Sensibility variation that ensures all the villains of the story receive their just desserts.