<P> As first described in Sense and Sensibility: "Edward Ferrars was not recommended to their good opinion by any peculiar graces of person or address . He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing . He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart . His understanding was good, and his education had given it solid improvement . But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who longed to see him distinguished--as--they hardly knew what ." </P> <P> His personality, while it lacks the flash of Marianne Dashwood's romantic interest Willoughby, indicates more fortitude . Despite the good common sense that links him to Elinor, he is able to attach himself to other people and form bonds of friendship and love with ease . He exemplifies great loyalty when he sacrifices his potential happiness with Elinor to honor a promise he made to another girl when he was younger . He and Marianne's future husband Colonel Brandon are both models of great character under unimpressive exteriors . This simplicity makes them rather less three - dimensional than Pride and Prejudice's Fitzwilliam Darcy and Emma's Mr. Knightley . </P> <P> He eventually marries Elinor after he is abandoned by Lucy Steele for his now propertied brother . </P> <Ul> <Li> Chet Stratton in 1950 </Li> <Li> Robin Ellis in 1971 </Li> <Li> Bosco Hogan in 1981 </Li> <Li> Hugh Grant in the 1995 film adaptation </Li> <Li> Ajith Kumar in the 2000 Tamil adaptation Kandukondain Kandukondain </Li> <Li> Dan Stevens in the 2008 BBC serial adaption </Li> <Li> Nicholas D'Agosto as "Edward Ferris" in the 2011 film From Prada to Nada </Li> <Li> Henry Devas in Helen Edmundson's 2013 BBC Radio 4 adaptation </Li> </Ul>

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