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{{Infobox Jane Austen character
{{Infobox character
|Name= Edward Ferrars
| name = Edward Ferrars
| series = [[Jane Austen]]
|Image=Hammond-SS10.jpg
| image = Hammond-SS10.jpg
|Caption= Edward Ferrars (left) and Marianne Dashwood by Chris Hammond, 1899
|Fullname= Edward Ferrars
| full_name = Edward Ferrars
|Gender = Male
| gender = Male
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| family = Late Mr. Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars
|Height =
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| relatives = Fanny Ferrars Dashwood, Robert Ferrars
|Birth=
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| home = Mainly in [[London]] with his mother; occasionally at Norland Park; the rest of the time in [[Oxford]]
|Death=
|Age=23
|Income=£100/year, after being cut off
|Education=privately tutored in the home of the Reverend Mr. Pratt, then at [[Oxford]]
|Rank=
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|PrimaryResidence=Mainly in [[London]] with his mother; occasionally at Norland Park; the rest of the time in [[Oxford]]
|LondonResidence=With his mother
|RomanticInterest=Miss Lucy Steele, [[Elinor Dashwood]], Miss Morton
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|Parents=Late Mr. Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars
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|Siblings=Fanny Ferrars Dashwood, Robert Ferrars
}}
}}


'''Edward Ferrars''' is a [[fictional character]] in [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]''. He is the elder of Fanny Dashwood's two brothers and forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood.
'''Edward Ferrars''' is a fictional character in [[Jane Austen]]'s 1811 novel ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]''. He is the elder of Fanny Dashwood's two brothers and forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood.


As first described in ''Sense and Sensibility'':
As first described in ''Sense and Sensibility'':
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of his mother and sister, who longed to see him distinguished—as—they hardly knew what."
of his mother and sister, who longed to see him distinguished—as—they hardly knew what."


His personality, while it lacks the flash of Marianne Dashwood's romantic interest Willoughby, indicates more fortitude. Despite the good common sense that links him to Elinor, he is able to attach himself to other people and form bonds of friendship and love with ease. He exemplifies great loyalty when he sacrifices his potential happiness with Elinor to honor a promise he made to another girl when he was younger. He and Marianne's future husband Colonel Brandon are both models of great character under unimpressive exteriors. This simplicity makes them rather less three-dimensional than ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''{{'}}s [[Fitzwilliam Darcy]] and ''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]''{{'}}s [[George Knightley|Mr. Knightley]].
His personality, while it lacks the flash of Marianne Dashwood's romantic interest Willoughby, indicates more fortitude. Despite the good common sense that links him to Elinor, he is able to attach himself to other people and form bonds of friendship and love with ease. He exemplifies great loyalty when he sacrifices his potential happiness with Elinor to honour a promise he made to another girl when he was younger. He and Marianne's future husband Colonel Brandon are both models of great character under unimpressive exteriors. This simplicity makes them rather less three-dimensional than ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''{{'}}s [[Fitzwilliam Darcy]] and ''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]''{{'}}s [[George Knightley|Mr. Knightley]].


He eventually marries Elinor after he is abandoned by Lucy Steele for his now propertied brother.
Disinherited by his mother for refusing out of honour to break his engagement to Lucy Steele, he eventually marries Elinor, having been abandoned by Lucy Steele for his brother, now heir to the family property.


== Notable portrayals ==
== Notable portrayals ==
* Chetster Stratton in the 1950 [[NBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[Delbert Mann]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnaKh_EEShMC&lpg=PA189&dq=Chet%20Stratton%20sense%20and%20sensibility&pg=PP6#v=onepage&q=Chet%20Stratton%20sense%20and%20sensibility&f=false|title=Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations|last=Parrill|first=Sue|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2002|isbn=|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=189}}</ref>
* Chetster Stratton in the 1950 [[NBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[Delbert Mann]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnaKh_EEShMC&q=Chet+Stratton+sense+and+sensibility&pg=PP6|title=Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations|last=Parrill|first=Sue|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2002|isbn=9780786481415|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=189}}</ref>
* [[Robin Ellis]] in the 1971 [[BBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOEOPcG2pGYC&lpg=PA263&dq=robin%20ellis%20sense%20and%20sensibility&pg=PR4#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture|last=Pucci|first=Suzanne R.|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0791456163|location=New York|pages=263}}</ref>
* [[Robin Ellis]] in the 1971 [[BBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOEOPcG2pGYC&q=robin%20ellis%20sense%20and%20sensibility&pg=PR4|title=Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture|last=Pucci|first=Suzanne R.|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0791456163|location=New York|pages=263}}</ref>
* [[Bosco Hogan]] in the 1985 [[BBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[Rodney Bennett|Rodney Bennet]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTA6ryxT5-AC&lpg=PA535&dq=Bosco%20Hogan%20austen&pg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work|last=Baker|first=William|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-0816064168|location=New York|pages=535}}</ref>
* [[Bosco Hogan]] in the 1985 [[BBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[Rodney Bennett|Rodney Bennet]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTA6ryxT5-AC&q=Bosco%20Hogan%20austen&pg=PR2|title=Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work|last=Baker|first=William|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-0816064168|location=New York|pages=535}}</ref>
* [[Hugh Grant]] in the [[Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)|1995 film adaptation]]
* [[Hugh Grant]] in the [[Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)|1995 film adaptation]], directed by [[Ang Lee]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqf_Wj2Wwx4C&q=hugh%20grant%20austen%20director&pg=PA121|title=Jane Austen in Hollywood|last=Troost|first=Linda|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2001|isbn=9780813190068|location=Lexington, KY|pages=121}}</ref>
* [[Ajith Kumar]] in the 2000 Tamil adaptation ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]''
* [[Ajith Kumar]] in the 2000 Tamil adaptation ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]''<ref>{{Cite book|title=INDIAN FILMMAKERS AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL:REWRITING THE ENGLISH CANON THROUGH FILM|last=McHodgkins|first=Angelique Melitta}}</ref>
* [[Dan Stevens]] in the [[Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)|2008]] [[BBC]] [[miniseries]], directed by [[John Alexander (director)|John Alexander.]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5YZDgAAQBAJ&q=dan+stevens+austen+director&pg=PA27|title=The year in television, 2008 : a catalog of new and continuing series, miniseries, specials and TV movies|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|publisher=McFarland|year=2009|isbn=9780786453368|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=104}}</ref>
* [[Dan Stevens]] in the [[Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)|2008]] [[BBC]] serial adaption
* [[Nicholas D'Agosto]] as "Edward Ferris" in the 2011 film ''[[From Prada to Nada]]''
* [[Nicholas D'Agosto]] as "Edward Ferris" in the 2011 film ''[[From Prada to Nada]].''
* Henry Devas in [[Helen Edmundson]]'s 2013 [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/32/r4-sense-sun|title=BBC - Sense And Sensibility - Media Centre|publisher=}}</ref>
* Henry Devas in the 2013 [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation by [[Helen Edmundson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/32/r4-sense-sun|title=BBC - Sense And Sensibility - Media Centre|publisher=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Portal|Jane Austen|Fictional characters}}
{{Portal|Novels|Literature}}
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/161 Sense and Sensibility] at [[Project Gutenberg]]
*[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161 Sense and Sensibility] at [[Project Gutenberg]]


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Latest revision as of 20:18, 4 July 2023

Edward Ferrars
Jane Austen character
In-universe information
Full nameEdward Ferrars
GenderMale
FamilyLate Mr. Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars
RelativesFanny Ferrars Dashwood, Robert Ferrars
HomeMainly in London with his mother; occasionally at Norland Park; the rest of the time in Oxford

Edward Ferrars is a fictional character in Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. He is the elder of Fanny Dashwood's two brothers and forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood.

As first described in Sense and Sensibility: "Edward Ferrars was not recommended to their good opinion by any peculiar graces of person or address. He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing. He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart. His understanding was good, and his education had given it solid improvement. But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who longed to see him distinguished—as—they hardly knew what."

His personality, while it lacks the flash of Marianne Dashwood's romantic interest Willoughby, indicates more fortitude. Despite the good common sense that links him to Elinor, he is able to attach himself to other people and form bonds of friendship and love with ease. He exemplifies great loyalty when he sacrifices his potential happiness with Elinor to honour a promise he made to another girl when he was younger. He and Marianne's future husband Colonel Brandon are both models of great character under unimpressive exteriors. This simplicity makes them rather less three-dimensional than Pride and Prejudice's Fitzwilliam Darcy and Emma's Mr. Knightley.

Disinherited by his mother for refusing out of honour to break his engagement to Lucy Steele, he eventually marries Elinor, having been abandoned by Lucy Steele for his brother, now heir to the family property.

Notable portrayals

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References

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  1. ^ Parrill, Sue (2002). Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 189. ISBN 9780786481415.
  2. ^ Pucci, Suzanne R. (2003). Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture. New York: SUNY Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0791456163.
  3. ^ Baker, William (2008). Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work. New York: Infobase Publishing. p. 535. ISBN 978-0816064168.
  4. ^ Troost, Linda (2001). Jane Austen in Hollywood. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 121. ISBN 9780813190068.
  5. ^ McHodgkins, Angelique Melitta. INDIAN FILMMAKERS AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL:REWRITING THE ENGLISH CANON THROUGH FILM.
  6. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). The year in television, 2008 : a catalog of new and continuing series, miniseries, specials and TV movies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 104. ISBN 9780786453368.
  7. ^ "BBC - Sense And Sensibility - Media Centre".
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