Mansfield Park

Mrs. Norris persuades Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram to raise Fanny Price at Mansfield Park, then declines to house the girl at the Parsonage herself.

Fanny Price arrives at Mansfield Park aged ten, is slighted by Maria and Julia, and finds a friend in Edmund, who helps her write to William.

Mr. Norris dies and Dr. Grant takes the living, Mrs. Norris refuses to take Fanny to the White House, and Sir Thomas sails for Antigua with Tom.

Edmund trades a horse so Fanny can ride, Maria Bertram becomes engaged to Mr. Rushworth, and Henry and Mary Crawford arrive at Mansfield.

Henry Crawford charms Maria and Julia Bertram at Mansfield, Mary Crawford decides she could accept Tom, and Edmund confirms that Fanny is not out.

At dinner at Mansfield Park, Mr. Rushworth resolves to improve Sotherton, Henry Crawford agrees to advise him, and Mrs. Norris arranges a party to go.

Edmund falls in love with Mary Crawford at the Parsonage and lends her Fanny's mare, leaving Fanny to Mrs. Norris's errands and a headache.

Edmund secures Fanny a place on the Sotherton outing against Mrs. Norris, and Mrs. Grant seats Julia beside Mr. Crawford, mortifying Maria.

Mrs. Rushworth shows the Sotherton chapel, Julia reveals Edmund is to be ordained, dismaying Mary Crawford, and Henry Crawford flirts with Maria.

Maria Bertram slips past the locked Sotherton gate with Mr. Crawford and Julia follows, leaving Fanny alone when Mr. Rushworth returns with the key.

Sir Thomas writes that he will return from Antigua in November, and Mary Crawford disparages the clergy to Edmund while Fanny defends it.

Tom Bertram returns to Mansfield, Mary Crawford finds she prefers Edmund, and at Fanny's first ball Tom asks her to dance to escape Mrs. Norris.

Tom Bertram and Mr. Yates propose private theatricals at Mansfield, Edmund objects and is overruled, and Mrs. Norris welcomes the scheme.

Tom Bertram chooses Lovers' Vows at Mansfield Park, Henry Crawford helps give Agatha to Maria, Julia walks out, and Fanny finds the play improper.

Edmund fails to talk Maria out of Lovers' Vows, Fanny refuses the part of Cottager's wife, and Tom settles on Charles Maddox as Anhalt.

Edmund tells Fanny in the East room that he will act Anhalt himself rather than admit Charles Maddox, and Fanny blames Miss Crawford.

Tom and Maria gloat over Edmund agreeing to act, Mrs. Grant takes the part Fanny refused, and Julia turns on Maria over Henry Crawford.

Mary Crawford rehearses with Fanny in the East room until Edmund joins them, and Julia interrupts the rehearsal to announce Sir Thomas has returned.

Sir Thomas returns to Mansfield Park, greets Fanny warmly, then finds his billiard room turned into a theatre with Mr. Yates ranting on the stage.

Sir Thomas dismantles the Mansfield theatre and burns Lovers' Vows, and Henry Crawford leaves for Bath without proposing to Maria.

Sir Thomas offers to release Maria from her engagement, but she refuses out of pride and marries Mr. Rushworth, then leaves for Brighton with Julia.

Fanny shelters from the rain at the Parsonage, hears Mary Crawford play the harp, and accepts Mrs. Grant's invitation to dinner with Edmund.

Sir Thomas overrules Mrs. Norris so Fanny dines at the Parsonage, where Henry Crawford arrives and Mary Crawford resents Edmund taking orders.

Henry Crawford tells Mary he means to make Fanny Price fall in love with him, and extends his stay at Mansfield when William Price arrives.

Sir Thomas notices Henry Crawford's attentions to Fanny over speculation at the Parsonage, and refuses his plan to rent Thornton Lacey from Edmund.

Sir Thomas announces a ball at Mansfield for Fanny and William, and Mary Crawford presses on Fanny a gold necklace that Henry Crawford first gave her.

Edmund gives Fanny a gold chain for William's cross, and Fanny, sure he will marry Miss Crawford, wears the chain when the necklace will not fit.

Fanny opens the Mansfield ball with Mr. Crawford at Sir Thomas's insistence, dances twice with Edmund, and Sir Thomas decides Mr. Crawford loves her.

William and Edmund leave Mansfield, and Mary Crawford calls at the Park to question Fanny about Edmund's delayed return and the Miss Owens.

Henry Crawford tells Mary he is determined to marry Fanny Price, and Mary approves, while Henry plans to rent a house in Northamptonshire.

Henry Crawford tells Fanny that Admiral Crawford has had William made a lieutenant, then proposes to her at Mansfield Park, and she refuses him.

Sir Thomas tells Fanny of Mr. Crawford's proposal, and when she refuses he calls her ungrateful, then orders a fire lit in the East room.

Henry Crawford persists after Fanny refuses him, Sir Thomas lets him keep calling at Mansfield Park, and Lady Bertram offers Fanny a puppy.

Edmund returns to Mansfield and sides with Sir Thomas over Fanny's refusal, while Mr. Crawford reads Shakespeare aloud and presses his love on Fanny.

Edmund walks with Fanny in the Mansfield shrubbery and urges her to accept Henry Crawford, but Fanny says she cannot approve his character.

Mary Crawford takes Fanny to the East room to say goodbye, admits Henry planned the necklace gift, and the Crawfords leave Mansfield for London.

Sir Thomas sends Fanny to Portsmouth with William, hoping hardship there will make her accept Mr. Crawford, and Mrs. Norris decides not to join them.

Fanny and William reach her parents' cramped Portsmouth house, where Mr. Price barely notices her and William leaves at once for the Thrush.

William sails on the Thrush within four days, and Fanny finds her parents neglectful and the Portsmouth house so noisy she longs for Mansfield Park.

Mary Crawford writes to Fanny from London about Mrs. Rushworth, and Fanny buys Betsey a silver knife in Portsmouth and begins guiding Susan.

Mr. Crawford calls on Mrs. Price in Portsmouth, walks with Fanny and Susan to the dockyard, and tells Fanny he came only to see her.

Mr. Crawford walks the Portsmouth ramparts with Fanny and Susan, offers to fetch Fanny back to Mansfield if her health fails, and leaves for London.

Mary Crawford's letter to Fanny at Portsmouth praises Edmund's looks and notes Henry will see Mrs. Rushworth, and Fanny goes back to teaching Susan.

Edmund writes to Fanny that he cannot give up Mary Crawford, and Lady Bertram then sends word that Tom has fallen dangerously ill at Newmarket.

Mary Crawford writes to Fanny hoping Tom's decline will make Edmund the heir, and Fanny refuses the Crawfords' offer to carry her to Mansfield.

A newspaper report tells Fanny that Maria Rushworth has run off with Mr. Crawford, and Edmund brings her and Susan back to Mansfield Park.

Edmund tells Fanny at Mansfield that he has broken with Mary Crawford, who called Maria and Henry's elopement mere folly and urged their marriage.

Edmund gives up Mary Crawford and marries Fanny, Mr. Rushworth divorces Maria, and Mrs. Norris leaves Mansfield to live with Maria.