The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three daughters. Henry Dashwood to his wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to his existence.īy a former marriage, Mr. In the society of his nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman’s days were comfortably spent. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr.

The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Some words and spellings have since changed, hyphenated, combined, or otherwise gone out of use during the ensuing century in the English language. The text of the original book has been left as was in the first printing. Printed in the United States of America when purchased in the United States Summary: Follow the story of a single mother who tries to guide her daughters into adulthood.

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