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Elinor Dashwood
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Elinor Dashwood |
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Female |
| Height: |
Taller than her sister Marianne, but no measure is given |
| Age: |
19 at beginning of novel |
| Income: |
£200/year |
| Education: |
Home schooled |
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None |
| Carriage(s) Owned: |
None |
| Family |
| Parents: |
Henry Dashwood and Mrs. Dashwood |
| Children: |
None |
| Film Adaptations |
| Portrayed By: |
Sense and Sensibility: Emma Thompson |
Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
Elinor is a reserved, practical and thoughtful young woman who, compared with her more emotional and romantic younger sister Marianne, forms the 'sense' of the title. Following the death of their father the sisters (with their mother) are reduced to near-poverty by the selfishness and greed of their sister-in-law Fanny; Elinor's half-brother, Fanny's husband, who by law inherited their father's entire estate, has broken his promise to his dying father to take care of them. Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, Fanny's brother, but her reduced circumstances and Edward's prior promises do not allow her to hope for any union between them.
[edit] Notable Portrayals
Elinor was portrayed by Emma Thompson in the 1995 film adaptation; in a 2008 BBC serial of Sense and Sensibility, Elinor was portrayed by Hattie Morahan.
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