Norland Park

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Norland Park is the ancestral country estate in Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," serving as the Dashwood family's original home and the novel's opening setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country estate
fictional location
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility
associatedTheme economic vulnerability of women
inheritance law
primogeniture and entailment
causesEvent Dashwood family removal to Barton Cottage
country England (fictional)
surface form: England (fictional setting)
creator Jane Austen
firstAppearance Sense and Sensibility
genreContext Regency-era domestic fiction
hasFeature comfortable house
large grounds
inheritedBy John Dashwood
isAncestralHomeOf Dashwood family
isHomeOf Elinor Dashwood
Margaret Dashwood
Marianne Dashwood
Mr. Henry Dashwood
Mrs. Dashwood
languageOfWork English
laterOccupiedBy Fanny Dashwood
John Dashwood
locatedInWork Sense and Sensibility
medium novel
narrativeFunction original home lost by the Dashwood women
symbol of security and inheritance
ownedBy Mr. Henry Dashwood
surface form: old Mr. Dashwood
settingOf opening chapters of Sense and Sensibility
timePeriodInFiction late 18th century to early 19th century

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Elinor Dashwood residence Norland Park
Edward Ferrars residesAt Norland Park
this entity surface form: Norland Park (as visitor)
Mr. Henry Dashwood hasEstate Norland Park
Mr. Henry Dashwood residesAt Norland Park
Barton Cottage contrastedWith Norland Park
Marianne Dashwood previousResidence Norland Park
John Dashwood residesAt Norland Park
Margaret Dashwood residesIn Norland Park
Delaford relatedPlaceInFiction Norland Park
Mrs. Dashwood residence Norland Park
this entity surface form: Norland Park (at beginning of novel)
Fanny Dashwood residence Norland Park