Sense and Sensibility
Anne Steele
Lucy’s talkative sister
Lucy’s silly, chattering sister, who gives away the secret engagement.
Anne Steele is Lucy’s older sister, a silly, unrefined woman who is obsessively talkative about beaux and romance. She blunders through conversation and has little sense of when to stop.
She and Lucy arrive at Barton Park from Exeter, which she finds terribly dull for want of smart beaux, and she fawns on Lady Middleton’s children along with her sister. She is not unkind, only thoughtless, and her chatter makes her a danger to her sister’s plans.
“Oh, my sister Lucy and Edward have been secretly engaged these four whole years!”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Anne knows about Lucy’s engagement to Edward and is the only one besides Mrs. Ferrars to know. In London, she blurts it out to Fanny Dashwood, bringing on hysterics and a scandal in the Ferrars household.
The Steele sisters are turned out of the house into the street. Lucy scolds her for sobbing, saying it is not the end of it.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
