Meeting Edward Ferrars

During the 2^nd and 3^rd Chapter of Sense and Sensibility, we can meet a new character. He is Edward Ferrars, the eldest brother of Mrs. John Dashwood. He stayed several weeks in the house of Norland Park, maintaining a friendly relationship with either the Dashwood sisters or Mrs. Dashwood. Hence we can notice that little by little more than a simple esteem is arising beneath Edward Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood, and is precisely Mrs. Dashwood who realizes this tentative love firstly. It is important to mention that even though the lovely couple do barely demonstrate their afflections, Mrs. Dashwood, considered their serious attachment as a certain fact, and looked forward for a soon marriage.

Although, I can comment how wrong was Mrs. Dashwood to think and wait for a convenient marriage soon. Like many other good prospects in that time, Edward Ferrars was born in a family who only expected and wished his interest in political concerns like get into Parliament and be connected with some of the richest men of the time, and an arranged marriage, which could guarantee his economic stability. Therefore a marriage with Elinor Dashwood could be intolerable and non-approved by their relatives.