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I feel I need to discuss this novel. Maybe another nonny has read it and sees the same things. Maybe I'm crazy. Dunno.
Ok, in general I love Jane Austen. For her time, she was a witty bitch. But I think this one eehhhhh it makes me pause.
On to Mansfield Park. I had last read it many years ago and while I found Fanny insepid and meak, I just categorized it as not one of my favorites. Then I just reread it and.. well fuck me. I think Edmund groomed her. It talks of how she went there at age 10 (he was 16) and that "he formed her taste and character". And as I reread on, yes. He would carrot feed her attention and make her dependant on him emotionally. From the age of 10-18 while she was literally stuck in that awful house where she had 2 awful aunts and 2 female cousins that used/ignored her. And tbh if the fact that Mary Crawford (An absolute fucking QUEEN btw) told him she wouldn't marry him if he chose to be a clergyman. He wouldn't have gone back to his old emotional side chick Fanny. Not that I find Fanny any better as I aged. I still find her insepid and meak, but also a little of a pick me.