Edward Ferrars

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fictional character literary character male character

Edward Ferrars is a reserved, honorable young gentleman in Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," best known as Elinor Dashwood's love interest and a central figure in the story's exploration of duty and affection.

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Edward Ferrars canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
male character ⓘ
adaptedIn Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)

Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) ⓘ
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
appearsInGenre novel of manners ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ
associatedWithTheme duty versus affection ⓘ
marriage and money ⓘ
sense versus sensibility ⓘ
characterTrait conscientious ⓘ
duty-bound ⓘ
honorable ⓘ
modest ⓘ
reserved ⓘ
shy ⓘ
unambitious ⓘ
creator Jane Austen ⓘ
disinheritedBy Mrs. Ferrars ⓘ
disinheritedReason refusal to marry Miss Morton ⓘ
engagedTo Lucy Steele ⓘ
engagementType secret engagement ⓘ
familyName Ferrars ⓘ
firstAppearsIn Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
surface form: Sense and Sensibility, Volume I
formerFiancée Lucy Steele ⓘ
futurePatron Colonel Brandon ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inherits small living in a parish ⓘ
literaryPeriod Regency era fiction ⓘ
loveInterest Elinor Dashwood ⓘ
marries Elinor Dashwood ⓘ
mother Mrs. Ferrars ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
parson ⓘ
portrayedBy Dan Stevens ⓘ
Hugh Grant ⓘ
receivesLivingFrom Colonel Brandon ⓘ
relatedByMarriage Elinor Dashwood ⓘ
John Dashwood ⓘ
residesAt London (temporarily) ⓘ
Norland Park ⓘ
surface form: Norland Park (as visitor)

parsonage near Delaford ⓘ
sibling Fanny Dashwood ⓘ
Robert Ferrars ⓘ
socialClass gentry ⓘ
spouse Elinor Dashwood ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sense and Sensibility → character → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
Elinor Dashwood → loveInterest → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
Elinor Dashwood → spouse → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
Delaford → laterResidentInFiction → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
Delaford → associatedCharacter → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
Delaford → clergymanInFiction → Edward Ferrars ⓘ
Delaford → offeredToCharacter → Edward Ferrars ⓘ