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I hope to develop this article and get it out of the “stub” category. Currently it needs additional citations, and some more thorough information on the character. I think it would be helpful for the existing article to serve as a lead section, and have an additional section (Heading maybe “Description of character” - to read similar to Elinor’s page?) that reports on specifics of the character as well as some of the scholarly conversation around him. There is some interesting work on how he functions in the plot and how he differs from other Austen heroes. I’ve included some potential sources below.

With these edits, the current main body of the article would function more as the lead section, so a few changes may have to be made to the section so it can function properly as the lead. Additionally, the article may be aided by rewording of some long sentences (For example, this sentence at the end of the main section: “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,” could become, “Edward is disinherited by his mother for refusing to break his engagement to Lucy Steele out of honour. However, Lucy abandons Edward for his brother, who becomes heir to the family property. This allows Edward and Elinor to marry”). It may also be beneficial for the article to change the very long quotation that currently serves as the main description of the character. Wikipedia’s page on quotations discourages long quotations that dominate the article. It isn’t necessary to remove the whole quotation, but parts of it could likely be paraphrased.

Potential sources:

Kenney, Theresa. “Why Edward Ferrars Doesn’t Dance.” Persuasions : The Jane Austen Journal (Print Version) [Cleveland], vol. 35, no. 35, 2013, p. 153.

Yaffe, Deborah. “Two Cheers for Edward Ferrars.” Persuasions : The Jane Austen Journal (Print Version) [Cleveland], vol. 44, no. 44, 2022, pp. 110–21. SSchne356 (talk) 02:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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