I once remarked that if I had to choose an Austen hero for a husband, I would choose Edward. "What? Not Mr. Darcy?" came the surprised reply!

Edward still appeals to me, his "quietness of manner", affectionate temper and warm heart sound quite lovely, IMO! ;-)
Edward feels deeply, like Elinor, but I have always got the impression that he is simply shy and occasionally self-conscious. I always think, "oh, poor Edward" when Marianne discusses his calm reading of Cowper:

"Oh mama! how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!" (Ch. 3).