Henry Dashwood

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Henry Dashwood is a fictional English gentleman in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility," whose death and will set in motion the financial and social challenges faced by his daughters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English gentleman
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED
appearsInAdaptation film adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
television adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
bequeathsEstateTo John Dashwood NERFINISHED
causeOfEvent financial difficulties of his widow and daughters
removal of the Dashwood women from Norland Park
countryOfCitizenship England
creator Jane Austen NERFINISHED
diesBeforeEvent main events of Sense and Sensibility
familyName Dashwood NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Sense and Sensibility NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWorkAppearsIn 1811
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearsIn romantic novel
hasDaughter Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED
Margaret Dashwood NERFINISHED
Marianne Dashwood NERFINISHED
hasSon John Dashwood NERFINISHED
hasWill Henry Dashwood’s will
influencesCharacter Elinor Dashwood’s circumstances
John Dashwood’s financial decisions
Margaret Dashwood’s circumstances
Marianne Dashwood’s circumstances
intendedBeneficiary Elinor Dashwood NERFINISHED
Margaret Dashwood NERFINISHED
Marianne Dashwood NERFINISHED
Mrs. Dashwood NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkAppearsIn English
legalConstraintOnWill Norland entailed to male heir
literaryFunction embodies inheritance and entailment issues
medium novel
narrativeRole catalyst for plot
occupation landed gentleman
relationshipToCharacter father of Elinor Dashwood
father of John Dashwood
father of Margaret Dashwood
father of Marianne Dashwood
husband of Mrs. Dashwood
residence Norland Park NERFINISHED
spouse Mrs. Dashwood NERFINISHED
stepmother Mrs. John Dashwood NERFINISHED
themeConnection economic dependence of women
sense versus sensibility
timePeriod late 18th century England

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John Dashwood hasFather Henry Dashwood
John Dashwood inheritsFrom Henry Dashwood
Dashwood familyMember Henry Dashwood
Dashwood childOf Henry Dashwood
subject surface form: Elinor Dashwood
Fanny Dashwood relative Henry Dashwood