Dashwood.She is 16 years old at the beginningof the book.She is the object of the attentions ofColonel Brandonand Mr.Willoughby.She is attracted to young handsome,romantically spirited Willoughby and doesnot think much ofthe older,morereserved Colonel Brandon. Marianne undergoes the most development within the 5 book,learning her sensibilities have been selfish.She decides her conduct should be more like that ofher elder sister,Elinor. Edward Ferrars-theelder of Fanny Dashwood'stwo brothers.He forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood. Years before meeting the Dashwoods,Ferrars proposed to Lucy Steele,the niece ofhis tutor.The engagement has been kept secret owing to theexpectation that Ferrars' family would object to his marrying Miss Steele.He is disowned by his mother on discovery ofthe engagement after refusingto give up theengagement. Mansfield Park 5 1.Introduction Mansfield Park is a novel by Jane Austen,writtenatDashwood. She is 16 years old at the beginning of the book. She is the object of the attentions of Colonel Brandon and Mr. Willoughby. She is attracted to young, handsome, romantically spirited Willoughby and does not think much of the older, more reserved Colonel Brandon. Marianne undergoes the most development within the book, learning her sensibilities have been selfish. She decides her conduct should be more like that of her elder sister, Elinor. • Edward Ferrars —the elder of Fanny Dashwood's two brothers. He forms an attachment to Elinor Dashwood. Years before meeting the Dashwoods, Ferrars proposed to Lucy Steele, the niece of his tutor. The engagement has been kept secret owing to the expectation that Ferrars' family would object to his marrying Miss Steele. He is disowned by his mother on discovery of the engagement after refusing to give up the engagement. Mansfield Park 1. Introduction Mansfield Park is a novel by Jane Austen, written at 5’ 5’