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Framley Parsonage · Character

Mrs. Crawley

The patient, worn wife of a proud curate, keeping a bare household alive on almost nothing while shielding her husband's fierce conscience.

supporting

Also known as Mrs. Crawley, Poor Mrs. Crawley

First appearance: Hogglestock Parsonage

As a supporting figure in Framley Parsonage, Mrs. Crawley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Visited by Lucy and Fanny; she is caring for her sick child and an infant in the impoverished Hogglestock parsonage.
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Mrs. Crawley lives at Hogglestock in grinding poverty, raising children on a curate's pittance while her husband, Mr. Crawley, refuses charity as a matter of principle. Her quiet endurance and small domestic stratagems…

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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