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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Austen, Jane

Austen, Jane
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Mansfield Park: Plot Summary

Mrs. Norris (nee Miss Ward) persuades her brother-in-law, Sir Thomas
Bertram, and sister, Lady Bertram (nee Maria Ward), to take over the care and
education of Mrs. Price's daughter, age ten. Mrs. Price (nee Frances Ward)
had, against the wishes of her family, married a poor lieutenant in the
Marines and was hard pressed to take proper care of her nine children. Mrs.
Norris had married a priest for whom Sir Thomas had secured the parish of
Mansfield. The third sister, Maria, had made the best match and became Lady
Bertram and ...

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