Colonel Brandon: The Man of Five-and-Thirty

From Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Brandon is introduced as the man Marianne mocks as ancient and infirm at thirty-five, then gradually revealed as the novel's most tested and faithful figure.
Chapter 7

Brandon's first appearance; Marianne's notorious dismissal of him as 'an absolute old bachelor' fit only for a flannel waistcoat.

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Chapter 31

Brandon's confession to Elinor of the two Elizas—the seduction, the illegitimate ward, the duel with Willoughby. The novel's hidden Gothic backstory.

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