Lucy Steele in Sense and Sensibility (1981 TV series)

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Lucy Steele in the 1981 TV adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" is a scheming, socially ambitious young woman whose secret engagement to Edward Ferrars creates major emotional and social complications for the Dashwood sisters.

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instanceOf fictional character
adaptationOf Sense and Sensibility (novel) NERFINISHED
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED
Sense and Sensibility (1981 TV series) NERFINISHED
basedOn Lucy Steele NERFINISHED
causesConflictFor Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED
Marianne Dashwood NERFINISHED
causesEmotionalComplicationsFor Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED
causesSocialComplicationsFor Dashwood family NERFINISHED
characterType antagonist
supporting character
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Jane Austen NERFINISHED
engagedTo Edward Ferrars NERFINISHED
engagementStatus secret engagement
genre period drama
hasRelative Anne Steele NERFINISHED
hasSister Anne Steele NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium television
motivation financial security
social advancement
narrativeFunction obstacle to Elinor Dashwood’s happiness
source of tension in Edward Ferrars’ storyline
personalityTrait scheming
socially ambitious
romanticallyInvolvedWith Edward Ferrars NERFINISHED
setting Regency England NERFINISHED
socialStatus lower gentry

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Imogen Stubbs role Lucy Steele in Sense and Sensibility (1981 TV series)