The Amateur Austenite Frances Duncan

We start our read of Mansfield Park by meeting the Ward sisters and witnessing their arguments. Miss Frances gets disowned by her sisters then comes begging for forgiveness.

Fanny arrives at Mansfield Park and we can see how her character is  built through the trauma she suffers in being ripped from her family, a place where she was of use and valued, to a place where no one really wants her.

This week we're trying something different. I read chapter 3 and we talk about it as we go. 

Mr Norris dies, the Grants come and there is a threat that Fanny may have to move in with Mrs Norris.

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The Crawford's arrive. Are the Bertram girls lacking ears? And I decide Lady Bertram is my role model.

NZ is back in lockdown so my guest this week is my mother Brenda. We discuss the need for a transition period between being a girl and a woman, and just how many characters there are in Mansfield Park.

Mum joins me again, we discuss Mary being condescending, Mr Rushworth being awkward and Maria being a little bitchy.