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Chapter 26
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William’s desire of seeing Fanny dance made more than a momentary impression on his uncle. The hope of an opportunity, which Sir Thomas had then given, was not given to be thought of no more. ( He remained steadily inclined to gratify so amiable a feeling... ) -
Chapter 25
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The intercourse of the two families was at this period more nearly restored to what it had been in the autumn, than any member of the old intimacy had thought ever likely to be again. ( The return of Henry Crawford, and the arrival of William Price, had much to do with it... ) -
Chapter 24
LibriVox audiorecording of Mansfield ParkHenry Crawford had quite made up his mind by the next morning to give another fortnight to Mansfield, and having sent for his hunters, and written a few lines of explanation to the Admiral, he looked round at his sister as he sealed and threw the letter from him, and seeing the coast clear of the rest of the ( Read more... ) -
Chapter 23
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“But why should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?” said Lady Bertram. “How came she to think of asking Fanny? Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. I cannot spare her, and I am sure she does not want to go. Fanny, you do not want to go, do you?”
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Chapter 22
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Fanny’s consequence increased on the departure of her cousins. ( Becoming, as she then did, the only young woman in the drawing-room... ) -
Chapter 21
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Sir Thomas’s return made a striking change in the ways of the family, independent of Lovers’ Vows. Under his government, Mansfield was an altered place. ( Some members of their society sent away... ) -
Chapter 20
LibriVox audiorecording of Mansfield ParkEdmund’s first object the next morning was to see his father alone, and give him a fair statement of the whole acting scheme, defending his own share in it as far only as he could then, in a soberer moment, feel his motives to deserve, and acknowledging, with perfect ingenuousness, that his concession had ( Read more... ) -
Chapter 19
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How is the consternation of the party to be described? To the greater number it was a moment of absolute horror. ( Sir Thomas in the house!... ) -
Lovers' Vows
What did you think of Lovers' Vows? How did reading it change your experience of the novel? And anything else you'd like to say about it, really.
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What do you think of Fanny Price? How do you relate to her as a character? How do you find she functions as the novel's heroine?