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- His mother explained to him her liberal designs, in case of his marrying Miss Morton; told him she would settle on him the Norfolk estate, which, clear of land-tax, brings in a good thousand a-year; offered even, when matters grew desperate, to make it twelve hundred; and in opposition to this, if he still persisted in this low connection, represented to him the certain penury that must attend the match.
Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrars was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich; and some might have repressed it from motives of prudence, for, except a trifling sum, the whole of his fortune depended on the will of his mother.
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His mother wants him to cut a fine figure in the world, but "All his wishes centered in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life." "Gentlemanlike and pleasing," Edward is not attractive to Marianne.
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.
Compare the way Marianne behaves when Willoughby leaves with the way Elinor behaves when Edward leaves. What does their behavior reveal about their personalities? Your answer should be at least 250 words.
If her mother could forgive Robert and accepted Lucy, why it seems like Edward was kind of an outsider? I find it hard to understand the situation of the Ferrarses at the end of the novel. – TBBT
Apr 4, 2008 · When Edward and Lucy’s secret engagement is revealed, his mother disinherits him, passing the estate to his brother Robert, irrevocably. This means that unlike his brother, Robert is independent of his mother’s approval to marry.
So, during a visit to Barton Hall, she offered to help Lucy finish a basket which she was making for Annamaria. She and Lucy discussed Edward's dependence on his mother, and Lucy asked Elinor to use her influence with John Dashwood to persuade him to give the Norland living to Edward.
