Delaford

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Delaford is the country estate in Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility" that becomes the home of Elinor Dashwood and Colonel Brandon.

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Delaford canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country estate
fictional location
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility
associatedCharacter Colonel Brandon
Edward Ferrars
Elinor Dashwood
Marianne Dashwood
associatedWork Sense and Sensibility
clergymanInFiction Edward Ferrars
country England
creator Jane Austen
describedAs comfortable rather than grand
pleasantly situated
fictionalCounty Dorset
surface form: Dorsetshire
firstPublicationYearOfWorkAppearedIn 1811
genreOfWorkAppearedIn novel of manners
romantic novel
hasBuilding manor house
parsonage
hasClergyPosition living for a clergyman
hasEstateIncomeInFiction Colonel Brandon’s landed income
hasFeature gardens
grounds
village
hasFictionalSocialClassContext English gentry
hasType parsonage estate
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
laterResidentInFiction Edward Ferrars
Elinor Dashwood
literaryTradition Regency-era English country house
locatedInFictionalRegion Dorset
surface form: Dorsetshire
medium novel
narrativeRole final home of Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars
seat of Colonel Brandon
narrativeUniverse Sense and Sensibility
surface form: Sense and Sensibility universe
offeredByCharacter Colonel Brandon
offeredToCharacter Edward Ferrars
ownerInFiction Colonel Brandon
relatedPlaceInFiction Barton Cottage
Cleveland
London, England
surface form: London

Norland Park
significanceInPlot symbol of stability and mature affection
timePeriodInFiction late 18th century to early 19th century
workAuthor Jane Austen
workSetIn Sense and Sensibility

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Elinor Dashwood residence Delaford
Colonel Brandon residence Delaford
Colonel Brandon ownsEstate Delaford