Having trouble navigating this website? Click on the About page to see the table of contents. The complete text of Mansfield Park is available for free on the internet. The Reader’s Encyclopedia, Second Edition, by William Rose Benét (New York: Thomas Y. He turns to Fanny for comfort, falls in love with her, and marries her. Mary Crawford takes this scandal very lightly, opening Edmund’s eyes to her true nature. Henry then induces Maria to leave her husband and elopes with her. Henry turns his attentions to Fanny, falls in love with her, and proposes marriage. Realizing his intentions are not serious, the disappointed Maria goes through with her marriage as planned. In the meantime, Mary’s attractive, unscrupulous brother Henry flirts violently with Maria Bertram, Edmund’s sister, who is already engaged. He unfortunately, is irresistibly drawn to the shallow, worldly Mary Crawford. Of her cousins, only Edmund, a young clergyman, appreciates her fine qualities, and she falls in love with him. Brought up with the four Bertram children, she is condescendingly treated as a poor relation by Aunt Norris. Fanny Price is adopted into the family of her rich uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Add a couple of worldly young people from London and some private theatricals, and things start to get messy. When Sir Thomas leaves for Antigua, the young people are left to their own devices. They take her in, but she is not treated well, except by her cousin Edmund. Fanny Price is the poor niece of the rich Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram.
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