Fanny Price is a young, modest girl who has come to live with her mother’s wealthy sister and her husband on the Mansfield Estates. Through their mistreatment of her, she is often reminded of her “charity case” status, and yet, she grows to be a modest, proper, beautiful lady who falls in love with her cousin, the son of her rather horrible aunt and uncle, with whom she has great patience.
Edmund Bertram is Fanny’s cousin and closest friend in Mansfield. He seems to be the only Bertram with a wise head and a benevolent heart. Being the second son, he chooses to be a clergyman. Though he is smart and compassionate towards Fanny, he falls blindly in love with Mary Crawford.
Mary Crawford is one of Fanny’s friends. She is of import because she is the object of Edmund’s affections and her brother attempts to sway Fanny’s affections. She is proud, cunning, and deceitful, and she believes society's propaganda that money is everything.
Henry Crawford, one of the antagonists of my beloved novel, is amiable but unoriginal-looking, and quite egotistical. He decides to entertain himself by wooing Fanny, and then he accidentally falls for her. He is impulsive and slightly illogical, I believe. Upon Fanny's refusal of his proposal, he proves his true nature by running off with Fanny's cousin (and Edmund's sister), Julia, who is already married.
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