# Mrs. Palmer — Sense and Sensibility character guide

> Mrs. Palmer in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Charlotte

**First appearance:** 0019-xx

## Snapshot

Mrs. Jennings's good-humored, giggling daughter, all warmth and no tact, whose cheerful folly both welcomes and wearies the Dashwood sisters.

## Who they are

Charlotte Palmer is a pretty, perpetually laughing young wife whose openness and kindness more than atone for her want of elegance and recollection. Her folly is inoffensive because it is never conceited, yet her thoughtless laugh and constant cheerfulness can grate on more discerning company like Elinor's. As the daughter of the meddling Mrs. Jennings and sister of the chilly Lady Middleton, she embodies the well-meaning but shallow society the Dashwoods must navigate, offering warmth without wisdom.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sense_and_sensibility_se/chapters/xx)

Charlotte Palmer is cheerful and gossipy, sharing news about Willoughby and Marianne, and inviting the Dashwoods to Cleveland.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sense_and_sensibility_se/chapters/xxvi)

Mentioned as having dined with Colonel Brandon; visits later in the evening and leaves after tea.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sense_and_sensibility_se/chapters/xlii)

Hosts the party at Cleveland with constant good humor; her folly is evident but not disgusting.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sense_and_sensibility_se/chapters/xliii)

Frightened by the mention of infection, she leaves Cleveland with her baby.

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