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Mrs. Price

Fanny's overburdened mother living in Portsmouth with many children.

minor

Also known as poor Mrs. Price, Price

First appearance: xl

Mrs. Price shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Formerly Miss Frances; poor and with many children, she gratefully accepts the offer for Fanny.
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In I: Formerly Miss Frances; poor and with many children, she gratefully accepts the offer for Fanny. Later, in Chapter XXXVIII: Mrs. Price is preoccupied with domestic complaints about servants and quarrels among her…

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EBEdmund BertramRERebeccaJBJulia BertramFPFanny PriceMNMrs. NorrisMPMrs. Price

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor Acquaintances and Servants
  • Mansfield Park Household
  • Portsmouth Price Family
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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