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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "mansfield-park-pg141",
  "title": "Mansfield Park",
  "author": "Jane Austen",
  "language": "en",
  "spoilers": true,
  "characters": [
    {
      "name": "Edmund Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Edmund",
        "Mr. Bertram"
      ],
      "description": "The younger Bertram son and a clergyman, he leaves his disappointment in Mary Crawford behind and comes to love Fanny, whom he has long guided and protected. He marries her, and they make their home at Thornton Lacey before moving to Mansfield after Dr. Grant’s death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Fanny Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Price"
      ],
      "description": "The eldest Price daughter, brought up at Mansfield Park by Lady Bertram and Sir Thomas. She marries her cousin Edmund and settles with him at Thornton Lacey; after Dr. Grant’s death, they move to Mansfield, where the Parsonage becomes dear to her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mary Crawford",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Crawford"
      ],
      "description": "Henry Crawford’s sister and Mrs. Grant’s half-sister, formerly loved by Edmund. Edmund eventually ceases to love her and marries Fanny."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Thomas Bertram",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Baronet of Mansfield Park, husband of Lady Bertram and father of Tom, Edmund, Maria, and Julia. He welcomes Edmund’s marriage to Fanny, whose promise as a daughter brings him great satisfaction, and later rejoices in the family’s flourishing."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Maria Ward"
      ],
      "description": "Wife of Sir Thomas Bertram and Fanny Price’s aunt. She is reluctant to part with Fanny when Fanny marries Edmund, but Susan remains at Mansfield and gradually takes over Fanny’s role in her daily comfort."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Grant",
      "aliases": [
        "the Doctor"
      ],
      "description": "A clergyman who held the Mansfield living and lived at the Parsonage with his wife. His death makes the living available to Edmund after Edmund and Fanny have been married long enough to need greater income."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Grant",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Dr. Grant’s sociable wife and Mary Crawford’s sister. Dr. Grant’s death leaves the Mansfield living available to Edmund."
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Susan"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s fourteen-year-old sister, who accompanies her to Mansfield. After Fanny marries and leaves, Susan stays there as Lady Bertram’s niece and useful companion, eventually becoming perhaps the more beloved of the two."
    },
    {
      "name": "William Price",
      "aliases": [
        "William"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s beloved elder brother and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. His continued good conduct and rising reputation contribute to Sir Thomas’s satisfaction with the Price family’s progress."
    },
    {
      "name": "the narrator",
      "aliases": [
        "the narrating voice"
      ],
      "description": "The unnamed third-person narrator who recounts the story and, in the conclusion, comments directly on the timing of Edmund’s change of heart and the private feelings of a young woman receiving a marriage declaration."
    },
    {
      "name": "Maria Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Maria",
        "Miss Bertram"
      ],
      "description": "The elder Bertram daughter, whose elopement and scandal cause deep disappointment to her family. Sir Thomas’s reflections on the family’s later happiness include the losses and troubles that preceded it."
    },
    {
      "name": "Julia Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Julia"
      ],
      "description": "The younger Bertram daughter and sister of Tom, Edmund, and Maria. Her marriage to John Yates proves more acceptable than Sir Thomas first feared."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tom Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Tom"
      ],
      "description": "The eldest Bertram son, formerly extravagant and careless with money. After his serious illness he becomes more thoughtful, steady, and useful to his father."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Yates",
      "aliases": [
        "the Honourable John Yates",
        "John Yates"
      ],
      "description": "A fashionable younger son of a lord and friend of Tom Bertram. He elopes to Scotland with Julia Bertram; their marriage proves more acceptable than Sir Thomas first feared."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Rushworth",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Maria Bertram’s former husband, from whom she is divorced after her affair with Henry Crawford."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Rushworth",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Maria Bertram, formerly married to Mr. Rushworth. She elopes with Henry Crawford, is divorced, and is sent into private retirement with Mrs. Norris."
    },
    {
      "name": "Henry Crawford",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Crawford"
      ],
      "description": "Mary Crawford’s brother and a wealthy man with an estate in Norfolk. He elopes with Maria Rushworth after renewing their flirtation, despite having professed love for Fanny. He later regrets the scandal, the harm to the Bertrams, and losing Fanny."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Norris",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lady Bertram’s sister and Fanny Price’s aunt. Deeply attached to Maria, she blames Fanny for Sir Thomas’s refusal to receive Maria at Mansfield and leaves to live with her in private exile."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Frances",
        "Frances Ward"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny and William’s mother, living in Portsmouth with her husband and children. She agrees readily to Fanny taking Susan to Mansfield, and is only briefly affected by the Bertram family’s distress."
    },
    {
      "name": "the lieutenant of marines",
      "aliases": [
        "lieutenant of marines"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny and William’s father, Mrs. Price’s husband, and a former lieutenant of marines. Reading the newspaper, he tells Fanny that the Rushworths’ family is involved in a scandal."
    },
    {
      "name": "Rebecca",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The Price family’s servant, frequently occupied with household tasks and criticized by the family. Her poor handling of the luggage is mentioned as a difficulty when Susan prepares to travel."
    },
    {
      "name": "Betsey Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Betsey"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s youngest sister, about five years old. She is present when Mrs. Price comments on the household carpet."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Fraser",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Mary Crawford’s longtime intimate friend, whom Mary visits in London. Henry stays for one of her parties, which helps draw him back into contact with Maria."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Edmund",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The title Mary Crawford imagines Edmund Bertram might hold if he inherited the Bertram estate. It is a hypothetical title, not a separate person."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Aylmers",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed family with whom Maria Rushworth spends Easter at Twickenham. Henry Crawford has constant access to their house; they are mentioned but do not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the cousins near Bedford Square",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Unnamed relatives of the Bertrams with whom Julia stays in London. Mary Crawford forgets their names and street; they are mentioned but do not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the old lady",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Mr. Rushworth’s mother, who returns to Wimpole Street after spending Easter away. She and Maria quarrel, and she supports the exposure of Maria’s affair."
    },
    {
      "name": "the maidservant of Mrs. Rushworth, senior",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed servant of Mr. Rushworth’s mother who threatens to expose Maria and Henry’s affair and cannot be silenced."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Harding",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An old and particularly close friend of Sir Thomas in London. He warns Sir Thomas about Maria’s intimacy with Henry and later reports the crisis and his efforts to contain it."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Bertram family’s old friend in London",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed close friend of Sir Thomas who writes from London to warn him about Maria’s intimacy with Henry. The later letter identifies him as Mr. Harding."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Stornaway",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lord Stornaway’s wife, who invites Edmund to visit Mary Crawford. Her note prompts Edmund’s final interview with Mary."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lord Stornaway",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Flora Ross’s husband, whom Mary describes as foolish, unattractive, and disreputable. His wife, Lady Stornaway, invites Edmund to visit Mary Crawford."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Thomas’s daughters’ former governess",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed former governess whose name the passage does not give. Sir Thomas reflects that his daughters’ education emphasized accomplishments and manners while failing to teach practical duty, self-denial, and humility."
    },
    {
      "name": "the daughter of Mrs. Fraser",
      "aliases": [
        "Margaret Fraser"
      ],
      "description": "Mrs. Fraser’s daughter by her first marriage, whom her mother hopes Henry Crawford will marry. Mary identifies her as Margaret and expects her to ask many questions about Fanny."
    },
    {
      "name": "the friend near Peterborough",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed friend of Edmund’s who is in the same situation as him and was to receive ordination with him during Christmas week."
    },
    {
      "name": "the eldest Price brother",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed son of Mr. and Mrs. Price who is a clerk in a public office in London. He is identified here as John."
    },
    {
      "name": "the midshipman brother",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed son of Mr. and Mrs. Price who is a midshipman aboard an Indiaman. He is identified here as Richard."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sam Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Sam"
      ],
      "description": "One of Fanny’s younger brothers, preparing to begin a seafaring career. Fanny works diligently to finish much of his linen before he ships off; she finds him clever and intelligent, though loud and overbearing."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tom Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Tom"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s younger brother, about eight or nine years old, whom she once helped nurse. He and Charles are at school for part of Fanny’s visit and are described as unruly and difficult to guide."
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles Price",
      "aliases": [
        "Charles"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s younger brother, about eight or nine years old, born after Fanny left Portsmouth. He and Tom are at school for part of her visit and are described as unruly and difficult to guide."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mary Price",
      "aliases": [
        "little Mary"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s younger sister, who died a few years after Fanny left for Mansfield. Shortly before her death, she asked that her silver knife be given to Susan."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Admiral Maxwell",
      "aliases": [
        "old Mrs. Admiral Maxwell"
      ],
      "description": "Mary Price’s godmother, who gave her the silver knife about six weeks before Mary fell ill. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the late dear aunt of Mary Crawford",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Mary Crawford’s unnamed late aunt, whose judgment was widely respected by young people. She advised Janet on her proposed marriage to Mr. Fraser and favored the match."
    },
    {
      "name": "the King in Henry VIII",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A character in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII whose speech Henry Crawford reads aloud."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Queen in Henry VIII",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A character in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII whose speech Henry Crawford reads aloud."
    },
    {
      "name": "Buckingham in Henry VIII",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A character in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII whose speech Henry Crawford reads aloud."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cromwell in Henry VIII",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A character in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII whose speech Henry Crawford reads aloud."
    },
    {
      "name": "the old coachman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed steady coachman who accompanies Fanny on her rides and comments on Mary Crawford’s horsemanship."
    },
    {
      "name": "the scene-painter",
      "aliases": [
        "the scene painter"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed scene-painter who arrives from town to work on the private theatre. Sir Thomas dismisses him after returning, and he leaves after damaging a floor and the coachman’s sponges."
    },
    {
      "name": "the footmen",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Mansfield footmen, whom Mrs. Norris says she would have hurried with instructions if Sir Thomas had agreed to eat dinner."
    },
    {
      "name": "the under-servants",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Mansfield under-servants; the scene-painter’s work leaves five of them idle and dissatisfied."
    },
    {
      "name": "the coachman",
      "aliases": [
        "poor old coachman"
      ],
      "description": "The unnamed coachman who drives Lady Bertram and Mrs. Norris to Sotherton despite suffering from rheumatism. Mrs. Norris claims to have treated him, and the scene-painter later ruins his sponges."
    },
    {
      "name": "the two bridesmaids",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed bridesmaids at Maria Bertram’s wedding; the narrator says they were dressed in a suitably subordinate fashion."
    },
    {
      "name": "the cook",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed cook at the Parsonage, who insists that the turkey be cooked the next day."
    },
    {
      "name": "the poulterer",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed poultry seller referred to by Mary Crawford and Mrs. Grant in their talk about country-household inconveniences."
    },
    {
      "name": "the nurseryman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed nursery-garden supplier referred to by Mary Crawford and Mrs. Grant in their talk about country-household inconveniences."
    },
    {
      "name": "the dean of Westminster",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed holder of the deanery of Westminster, mentioned by Mrs. Grant as a possible appointment for Dr. Grant."
    },
    {
      "name": "the dean of St. Paul’s",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed holder of the deanery of St. Paul’s, mentioned by Mrs. Grant as a possible appointment for Dr. Grant."
    },
    {
      "name": "the young woman who married for love",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed general example in Sir Thomas’s reasoning about marriage; he assumes a woman who does not marry for love may remain especially attached to her family."
    },
    {
      "name": "the steward",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed Mansfield estate steward whom Sir Thomas sees on his first morning back."
    },
    {
      "name": "the bailiff",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed Mansfield estate bailiff whom Sir Thomas sees on his first morning back."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lord Ravenshaw",
      "aliases": [
        "the Right Hon. Lord Ravenshaw"
      ],
      "description": "The host of the private theatrical party at Ecclesford where John Yates had been due to perform in Lovers’ Vows. He refused to conceal his mother’s death to preserve the performance; Yates recounts the disappointment to Sir Thomas."
    },
    {
      "name": "the dowager",
      "aliases": [
        "the poor old dowager",
        "the Ecclesford family’s grandmother"
      ],
      "description": "The unnamed elderly woman whose death caused the Ecclesford theatrical party to be cancelled. Yates identifies her as the grandmother of one of the family."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Duke",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed duke who was to play Frederick in the Ecclesford performance of Lovers’ Vows; mentioned in the account of the abandoned production."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Henry",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed guest at the Ecclesford theatricals who wanted the role of Frederick and was judged by Yates to be a poor actor; mentioned in the account of the abandoned production."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Baron",
      "aliases": [
        "Baron Wildenheim"
      ],
      "description": "A role in Lovers’ Vows played by Mr. Yates. Sir Thomas finds Yates performing it when he discovers the theatre."
    },
    {
      "name": "Maria’s mother",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lady Bertram, who stands by Maria at her wedding with salts in her hand, expecting to be overcome with emotion."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Price family",
      "aliases": [
        "the Price children"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny Price’s family in Portsmouth, including her beloved brother William and her younger brothers and sisters. Sir Thomas asks Fanny about them, especially William."
    },
    {
      "name": "the old coachman’s doctor",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed person Mrs. Norris claims to have replaced by treating the coachman’s rheumatism herself; mentioned only in her account."
    },
    {
      "name": "the housemaids",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Mansfield housemaids who sew the green-baize curtain for the private theatricals. They are mentioned as a group, without individual identities."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Oliver brothers",
      "aliases": [
        "the Olivers"
      ],
      "description": "Two unnamed young men whom Tom Bertram considers recruiting for the theatricals as Anhalt. They are mentioned but do not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tom Oliver",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed young man identified as one of the Olivers, whom Tom Bertram calls clever and considers recruiting for the role of Anhalt. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles Maddox",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Charles Maddox",
        "Mr. Maddox"
      ],
      "description": "A gentleman who has dined at Mrs. Grant’s and is known slightly to the Mansfield party. Tom Bertram plans to recruit him for Anhalt, but Edmund takes the role instead to prevent Maddox from joining the household theatricals."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dick Jackson",
      "aliases": [
        "Dick"
      ],
      "description": "The ten-year-old son of Christopher Jackson, whom Mrs. Norris scolds for bringing boards to his father at Mansfield. He appears only in her account."
    },
    {
      "name": "Frederick",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A principal male role in Lovers’ Vows, accepted by Henry Crawford after Mr. Yates chooses the Baron. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Agatha",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A principal female role in Lovers’ Vows, taken by Maria Bertram. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Amelia",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A female role in Lovers’ Vows, taken by Mary Crawford. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Cottager",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A male role in Lovers’ Vows, taken by Tom Bertram. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Cottager’s wife",
      "aliases": [
        "Cottager’s wife"
      ],
      "description": "A small comic role in Lovers’ Vows, initially offered to Julia Bertram and later taken by Mrs. Grant so Fanny need not act. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Count Cassel",
      "aliases": [
        "the Count"
      ],
      "description": "A role in Lovers’ Vows chosen by Mr. Rushworth. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Anhalt",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A clergyman’s role in Lovers’ Vows, eventually taken by Edmund Bertram after Tom cannot undertake it. It is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lord Duberley",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A comic role in The Heir at Law that Tom Bertram considers taking before proposing Lovers’ Vows. He is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Pangloss",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A comic role in The Heir at Law that Tom Bertram considers taking before proposing Lovers’ Vows. He is a fictional role in the play."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Ravenshaw",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lord Ravenshaw’s wife, who was to take the role of Agatha in the abandoned Ecclesford performance of Lovers’ Vows. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the governess",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed governess who was to take the role of Cottager’s wife in the abandoned Ecclesford theatricals. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the gardener",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Sotherton gardener, who shows Mrs. Norris his plants and gives her a specimen of heath. Mrs. Norris also says she corrected him about his grandson’s illness and promised a charm."
    },
    {
      "name": "the gardener’s grandson",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed grandson of Sotherton’s gardener, whose illness Mrs. Norris identifies as an ague; mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Whitaker",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The Sotherton housekeeper, praised by Mrs. Norris for her hospitality and strictness with the servants. She gives Mrs. Norris pheasants’ eggs and a cream cheese."
    },
    {
      "name": "the dairymaid",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed dairymaid at Mansfield whom Mrs. Norris plans to ask to set Sotherton’s pheasants’ eggs under a hen."
    },
    {
      "name": "the violin player",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed musician newly arrived in the servants’ hall, whose presence helps make a small ball at Mansfield possible."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Bertram’s new intimate friend",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed new acquaintance of Mr. Bertram who is visiting Mansfield and helps make the small ball possible."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Bertram’s groom",
      "aliases": [
        "the groom"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed groom whose opinion Tom reports about a sick horse; he appears only in Tom’s account."
    },
    {
      "name": "the old Irish groom",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed groom of Henry Crawford’s uncle, whose stories Henry says he told Julia during the drive to Sotherton."
    },
    {
      "name": "the housekeeper’s grandson’s doctor",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed person implied by Mrs. Norris’s account of the gardener’s grandson’s illness; she says she corrected the gardener’s diagnosis, but this person is not identified or directly mentioned."
    },
    {
      "name": "Miss Anderson",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A young woman whose change in manners after being introduced into company is recounted by Tom Bertram. She is the sister of Charles Anderson and is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles Anderson",
      "aliases": [
        "Anderson"
      ],
      "description": "An acquaintance of Tom Bertram who introduced him to his family. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Holford",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman at whose home Tom Bertram later meets Miss Anderson after she has been introduced into company. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sneyd",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Sneyd"
      ],
      "description": "A friend of Tom Bertram who travels with him to Ramsgate. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Sneyd",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The mother of Sneyd and his two daughters, whom Tom meets at Ramsgate. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Miss Sneyd",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The elder Sneyd daughter, whom Tom accidentally neglects after attending to her younger sister. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Miss Augusta Sneyd",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Augusta"
      ],
      "description": "The younger Sneyd daughter, who has not yet been introduced into company when Tom meets her at Ramsgate. He gives her his attention by mistake, offending her elder sister."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Repton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A professional improver of grounds whom Mr. Rushworth considers hiring for Sotherton. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Smith",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The owner of Compton, whose grounds have been improved by Mr. Repton. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Green",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A man with whom Mrs. Norris says she was discussing Lady Bertram’s dairymaid. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "John Groom",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A man who was waiting for Mrs. Norris to write to Mrs. Jefferies about his son. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Jefferies",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman whom Mrs. Norris says she promised to write to about John Groom’s son. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the lawyer",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The Ward sisters’ uncle, who remarks that Maria Ward’s marriage settlement was smaller than her equitable claim."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Rev. Mr. Norris",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Norris"
      ],
      "description": "A clergyman and friend of Sir Thomas Bertram who marries Miss Ward. He holds the Mansfield living, later intended for Edmund, and dies when Fanny is about fifteen."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nanny",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A household attendant whom Mrs. Norris proposes sending to fetch Fanny from Portsmouth."
    },
    {
      "name": "the saddler’s cousin",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A cousin of Nanny who lives in London and is mentioned as a possible host during the journey to fetch Fanny."
    },
    {
      "name": "the reputable tradesman’s wife",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed woman Mrs. Norris imagines might accompany Fanny from Portsmouth to London."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ellis",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A maid at Mansfield Park, whom Mrs. Norris says should not be expected to wait on Fanny as well as the Bertram girls."
    },
    {
      "name": "the grey pony",
      "aliases": [
        "old grey pony"
      ],
      "description": "Fanny’s former pony, whose loss leaves her without regular riding exercise."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Crawford",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Admiral Crawford’s wife and the aunt who raised Henry and Mary Crawford. She doted on Mary and her death prompted Mary to find another home."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Admiral’s mistress",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed woman whom Admiral Crawford brings to live under his roof, prompting Mary Crawford to leave his household."
    },
    {
      "name": "John Price",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Fanny’s elder brother, a clerk in a public office in London. He is named in Mrs. Price’s list of her children."
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Price",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Fanny’s brother, a midshipman aboard an Indiaman. He is named in Mrs. Price’s list of her children."
    },
    {
      "name": "Maddison",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Henry Crawford’s estate agent in Norfolk. Crawford suspects he is trying to favor a cousin for a mill tenancy over an honest prospective tenant, and considers returning to settle matters."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Price’s dockyard friend",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed friend of Mr. Price who joins the party in the dockyard and accompanies him while they look around and discuss naval matters."
    },
    {
      "name": "the physician attending Tom Bertram",
      "aliases": [
        "Tom’s physician"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed physician attending Tom after a fall and drinking bring on a fever. He considers Tom’s condition serious enough to send for his family."
    },
    {
      "name": "the young man whose house shelters Tom",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed member of Tom Bertram’s party at Newmarket, at whose house Tom is left sick after the others depart. He is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Miss Owens",
      "aliases": [
        "the Miss Owen sisters"
      ],
      "description": "Mr. Owen’s three grown-up daughters, mentioned as possible attractions for Edmund during his stay near Peterborough. Edmund says the two he met were pleasant and unaffected."
    },
    {
      "name": "Janet",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A friend of Mary Crawford who married a wealthy man after seeking advice, including from Mary’s late aunt. Her husband has proved ill-tempered and demanding."
    },
    {
      "name": "Janet’s husband",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Fraser"
      ],
      "description": "A wealthy man Janet married after taking advice and time to consider his proposal. Mary describes him as ill-tempered and demanding."
    },
    {
      "name": "Flora Ross",
      "aliases": [
        "Flora"
      ],
      "description": "A friend of Mary Crawford who rejected a kind young man in the Blues to marry Lord Stornaway. Mary believes the choice was mistaken; Flora had once been infatuated with Henry Crawford."
    },
    {
      "name": "the young man in the Blues",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed young man whom Flora Ross jilted in order to marry Lord Stornaway. Mary considers him a very nice man."
    },
    {
      "name": "Miss Ward",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "One of the Ward sisters and the sister of Lady Bertram and Mrs. Price. She married the Rev. Mr. Norris."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Bertram girls’ former governess",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Lee"
      ],
      "description": "The Bertram girls’ former governess, who also taught Fanny French and heard her read history. She lived in the East room when it was the school-room and left Mansfield about three years earlier."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Portsmouth maidservant",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed maidservant at the Price household who meets William and Fanny at the door and reports that the Thrush has left harbour."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Campbell",
      "aliases": [
        "the surgeon of the Thrush",
        "the doctor"
      ],
      "description": "A young, well-behaved surgeon aboard the Thrush and William Price’s friend. He comes to take William out to the ship at Spithead."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sally",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed kitchen servant at the Price household whom Susan hurries to prepare tea."
    },
    {
      "name": "the attendant girl",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed servant girl at the Price household who helps Susan bring in the tea things."
    },
    {
      "name": "the unnamed boy beginning his career at sea",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An eleven-year-old Price boy who rushes out to greet William and reports on the Thrush’s departure and Mr. Campbell’s visit. He expects to begin his own seafaring career aboard the Thrush."
    },
    {
      "name": "the first lieutenant of the Thrush",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed officer aboard the Thrush whom William jokes must be out of the way for him to rise to the next step."
    },
    {
      "name": "Captain Walsh",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A naval captain who believes the Thrush will cruise westward with the Elephant."
    },
    {
      "name": "Scholey",
      "aliases": [
        "old Scholey"
      ],
      "description": "A man who tells Mr. Price that the Thrush has slipped her moorings and is coming out of harbour."
    },
    {
      "name": "the housemaid",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed Mansfield housemaid who attends the fire in the East room and tells Fanny that Sir Thomas has ordered it to be lit every day."
    },
    {
      "name": "the butler",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Mansfield butler, who tells Fanny that Sir Thomas wants to speak with her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Baddeley",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The Mansfield butler, also called by name in this passage. He insists that Sir Thomas summoned Fanny rather than Mrs. Norris and later leads the servants carrying in tea."
    },
    {
      "name": "the First Lord",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed holder of the office of First Lord, whose secretary’s letter concerned William Price’s naval commission."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Secretary of the First Lord",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed official whose letter to a friend reported the First Lord’s attention to Sir Charles’s recommendation of William Price."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Charles",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A man whose recommendation Admiral Crawford arranged to have considered in support of William Price’s promotion. His regard for the Admiral made him glad to assist."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Admiral",
      "aliases": [
        "Admiral Crawford"
      ],
      "description": "The uncle who raised Henry and Mary Crawford after their mother’s death. He used his influence to help obtain William’s naval promotion."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sir Thomas’s parents",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Unnamed parents whom Sir Thomas invokes while reproaching Fanny for refusing Henry’s proposal, arguing that they would rejoice at her advantageous marriage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cardinal Wolsey",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A historical figure in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. Henry Crawford reads aloud a speech by him, impressing Fanny and Edmund."
    },
    {
      "name": "the housekeeper",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The unnamed Mansfield housekeeper, whose decision about the supper annoys Mrs. Norris."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Chapman",
      "aliases": [
        "Chapman"
      ],
      "description": "Lady Bertram’s maid, sent to assist Fanny with dressing for the ball, though she arrives after Fanny is ready."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Owen",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A friend of Edmund’s whom he visits in Peterborough. Edmund extends his stay with Mr. Owen after being invited to remain longer."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Admiral’s friend",
      "aliases": [
        "the friend whom the Admiral set to work"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed friend enlisted by Admiral Crawford to help secure William Price’s promotion. He writes to the Admiral about the success of the effort."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Prescott",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A guest at the Mansfield ball who notices something about Fanny; Lady Bertram cannot recall what it was."
    },
    {
      "name": "Colonel Harrison",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A guest at the Mansfield ball who calls one of the young men in the room the finest; Lady Bertram cannot remember whether he meant William or Henry Crawford."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Miss Maddoxes",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Unidentified women at the ball, one of whom is the subject of something Lady Bertram heard but cannot recall."
    },
    {
      "name": "the sick maid",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed maid in Mrs. Norris’s household who is ill and whom Mrs. Norris goes home to nurse."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Antwerp’s chaplain",
      "aliases": [
        "the chaplain of the Antwerp"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed clergyman aboard the Antwerp who has shown kindness to William Price; mentioned earlier by Fanny."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Brown",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed woman whom William recalls seeing among the women at the Commissioner’s household in Gibraltar; she is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the women at the Commissioner’s in Gibraltar",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Unnamed women in the Commissioner’s household at Gibraltar, whom William recalls seeing dressed in a sailor’s style. They are mentioned but do not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "William’s captain",
      "aliases": [
        "the captain"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed naval captain who has sometimes taken William Price ashore. William’s captain is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the man mending a hedge",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed man whom Henry Crawford asked whether he was in Thornton Lacey; he agreed with Henry’s guess."
    },
    {
      "name": "the blacksmith",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed blacksmith whose shop is near the house at Thornton Lacey; Henry Crawford says it should be screened by planting."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Portsmouth girls",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Unnamed young women in Portsmouth who, according to William, disdain men without naval commissions. They are mentioned as a group."
    },
    {
      "name": "the Gregory sisters",
      "aliases": [
        "the Gregorys"
      ],
      "description": "Unnamed sisters in Portsmouth who have grown into young women. William says they scarcely speak to him because Lucy is being courted by a lieutenant."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lucy Gregory",
      "aliases": [
        "Lucy"
      ],
      "description": "One of the Gregory sisters in Portsmouth, who is being courted by a lieutenant. She is mentioned but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "the lieutenant courting Lucy Gregory",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed lieutenant who is courting Lucy Gregory; mentioned by William but does not appear directly."
    },
    {
      "name": "Pug",
      "aliases": [
        "the pug"
      ],
      "description": "Lady Bertram’s pet pug. She moves him from her side to make room for Sir Thomas when he returns."
    },
    {
      "name": "Christopher Jackson",
      "aliases": [
        "Jackson"
      ],
      "description": "The Mansfield carpenter, employed to build the private theatre. Sir Thomas credits the neat construction to his work before ordering the theatre taken down."
    },
    {
      "name": "Stephen",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed driver whom Mrs. Norris says could have driven the carriage to Sotherton in the coachman’s place."
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed person in Mrs. Grant’s household who tends her plants; Mrs. Grant worries he may leave them outside during mild nights."
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