Dashwood family

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fictional family

The Dashwood family is a central fictional family in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility," around whom the story's romantic and social dramas revolve.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dashwood sisters	1
the Dashwood family	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional family ⓘ
appearsIn	Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInAdaptation	1995 film Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED ⓘ 2008 BBC Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	class and social status ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage ⓘ sense ⓘ sensibility ⓘ
centralTo	romantic plot of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ social drama of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	1811 ⓘ
genreOfWork	novel of manners ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ
hasEconomicStatus	financially insecure after Mr. Dashwood's death ⓘ
hasEldestDaughter	Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeirOfNorland	John Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Marianne Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Henry Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecondDaughter	Marianne Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSurname	Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWidowedMatriarch	Mrs. Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasYoungestDaughter	Margaret Dashwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	adaptations of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
laterResidesAt	Barton Cottage NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySignificance	exemplifies Austen’s exploration of family and economics ⓘ
narrativeFunction	to contrast prudence and emotion ⓘ
relatedTo	Ferrars family NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennings family NERFINISHED ⓘ Middleton family NERFINISHED ⓘ Willoughby family NERFINISHED ⓘ
residesAtBeginningOfNovel	Norland Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	Regency era ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Colonel Brandon → associatedWithFamily → Dashwood family ⓘ

Colonel Brandon → showsKindnessTo → Dashwood family ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Dashwood family

Mr. Henry Dashwood → relatedFamily → Dashwood family ⓘ

Barton Cottage → inhabitedByFictional → Dashwood family ⓘ

Norland Park → isAncestralHomeOf → Dashwood family ⓘ

Mrs. Dashwood → family → Dashwood family ⓘ

Mrs. Dashwood → guardianOf → Dashwood family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dashwood sisters