Lucy Steele

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Lucy Steele is a scheming, socially ambitious young woman in Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" who secretly becomes engaged to Edward Ferrars, complicating his relationship with Elinor Dashwood.

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Lucy Steele canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Sense and Sensibility
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithTheme hypocrisy
marriage and money
secrecy
social ambition
authorCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom
authorOccupation novelist
characterTrait calculating
manipulative
scheming
socially ambitious
complicatesRelationshipOf Edward Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood
confidesIn Elinor Dashwood
creator Jane Austen
engagedTo Edward Ferrars
engagementStatusDuringNovel secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars
fictionalUniverse Sense and Sensibility universe
gender female
genreOfWork Novel of manners
Romantic novel
languageOfWork English
literaryRole antagonist
motivatedBy desire for social advancement
financial security
narrativeFunction to create tension in Elinor Dashwood’s storyline
nationality British
portrayedAsFoilTo Elinor Dashwood
relative Anne Steele
revealsSecretEngagementTo Elinor Dashwood
romanticRivalOf Elinor Dashwood
secretEngagementWith Edward Ferrars
setting Regency-era England
linked to: Regency era
sibling Anne Steele
socialBehavior flattering to superiors
insincere
socialClass lower gentry
workAuthorGender female
workPublicationYear 1811

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Edward Ferrars formerFiancée Lucy Steele
Edward Ferrars engagedTo Lucy Steele
Robert Ferrars marriedTo Lucy Steele
Robert Ferrars associatedWith Lucy Steele
Lucy Steele (Sense and Sensibility, 1981 TV series) basedOn Lucy Steele