Dashwood's, Sir John Middleton, offers them a cottage at Barton Park in Devonshire the family must accept, and are sad at leaving their home and having to separate Edward and Elinor. Elinor likes Edward, but is not convinced her feelings are mutual Fanny is especially displeased by their apparent regard, as Edward's mother wants him to marry very well.Ī relative of Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters stay at Norland for a few months, mostly because of the promising friendship developing between Elinor and Edward Ferrars, Fanny's shy, but very kind, brother. Margaret, the youngest sister, is young and good-natured. John and his wife Fanny (nee Ferrars) have a great deal of money, yet refuse to help his half-sisters and their mother.Įlinor, one of the Dashwood girls, is entirely sensible and prudent her sister, Marianne, is very emotional and never moderate. Dashwood's wife and daughters are left with very little when he dies and the estate goes to his son, John Dashwood. Dashwood and their three daughters live at Norland Park, an estate in Sussex.
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