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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ