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Gry Ranfelt asked this question about Mansfield Park:
Anybody else who think it would've been more interesting to see Henry and Fanny together at the end? Jane Austen hints that they woul've been happy together, and I do think it would've been a healthy development for both characters. There's something so irky about Edmund and Fanny, not due to family relations but to the fact that Edmund basically gave Fanny all her opinions.
Jennie Winters I am not sure that either Edmund or Henry truly deserved Fanny. I almost wish she met someone else entirely. I wouldn't want her to end up living at M…moreI am not sure that either Edmund or Henry truly deserved Fanny. I almost wish she met someone else entirely. I wouldn't want her to end up living at Mansfield Park taking care of her Aunt Bertram for her whole life either.(less)
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Mansfield Park
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