Sense and Sensibility
Miss Sophia Grey
Willoughby’s wealthy bride
The haughty heiress with fifty thousand pounds who marries Willoughby and makes him write the cruel letter.
Miss Sophia Grey is a wealthy heiress, jealous, haughty and domineering. She is proud of her fifty thousand pounds, and she is fiercely possessive of the man she has chosen.
She has the money that Willoughby wants, and she makes sure he leaves nothing of his old attachments in place. She is the kind of person who is used to having what she wants, and she has chosen Willoughby the way she might choose a handsome horse. Her pride in her fortune leaves little room for any feeling for others.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
At the London ball Miss Grey stands beside Willoughby in opulent jewels while he gives Marianne a cold greeting. Soon after, Willoughby’s letter announces that his affections were long engaged elsewhere.
She is the reason he gives up Marianne, and at Cleveland he confesses that he traded his honor and happiness for her fortune. She does not speak in the adaptation, but her money does.
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