--- title: Mansfield Park Metadescription: Chapter by chapter summaries of what happens in all forty-eight, each one linking straight to the full text. author: Jane Austen chapters: 48 canonical: https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park --- Token estimate: ~4,000 # Mansfield Park Jane Austen - [Chapter One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-01.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-02) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-02.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-03) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-03.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-04) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-04.md)) - Edmund trades a horse so Fanny can ride, Maria Bertram becomes engaged to Mr. Rushworth, and Henry and Mary Crawford arrive at Mansfield. - [Chapter Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-05) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-05.md)) - Henry Crawford charms Maria and Julia Bertram at Mansfield, Mary Crawford decides she could accept Tom, and Edmund confirms that Fanny is not out. - [Chapter Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-06) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-06.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-07) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-07.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-08) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-08.md)) - Edmund secures Fanny a place on the Sotherton outing against Mrs. Norris, and Mrs. Grant seats Julia beside Mr. Crawford, mortifying Maria. - [Chapter Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-09) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-09.md)) - Mrs. Rushworth shows the Sotherton chapel, Julia reveals Edmund is to be ordained, dismaying Mary Crawford, and Henry Crawford flirts with Maria. - [Chapter Ten](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-10) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-10.md)) - Maria Bertram slips past the locked Sotherton gate with Mr. Crawford and Julia follows, leaving Fanny alone when Mr. Rushworth returns with the key. - [Chapter Eleven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-11) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-11.md)) - Sir Thomas writes that he will return from Antigua in November, and Mary Crawford disparages the clergy to Edmund while Fanny defends it. - [Chapter Twelve](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-12) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-12.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Thirteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-13) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-13.md)) - Tom Bertram and Mr. Yates propose private theatricals at Mansfield, Edmund objects and is overruled, and Mrs. Norris welcomes the scheme. - [Chapter Fourteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-14) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-14.md)) - Tom Bertram chooses Lovers' Vows at Mansfield Park, Henry Crawford helps give Agatha to Maria, Julia walks out, and Fanny finds the play improper. - [Chapter Fifteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-15) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-15.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Sixteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-16) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-16.md)) - Edmund tells Fanny in the East room that he will act Anhalt himself rather than admit Charles Maddox, and Fanny blames Miss Crawford. - [Chapter Seventeen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-17) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-17.md)) - Tom and Maria gloat over Edmund agreeing to act, Mrs. Grant takes the part Fanny refused, and Julia turns on Maria over Henry Crawford. - [Chapter Eighteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-18) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-18.md)) - Mary Crawford rehearses with Fanny in the East room until Edmund joins them, and Julia interrupts the rehearsal to announce Sir Thomas has returned. - [Chapter Nineteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-19) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-19.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-20) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-20.md)) - Sir Thomas dismantles the Mansfield theatre and burns Lovers' Vows, and Henry Crawford leaves for Bath without proposing to Maria. - [Chapter Twenty-One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-21) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-21.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty-Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-22) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-22.md)) - Fanny shelters from the rain at the Parsonage, hears Mary Crawford play the harp, and accepts Mrs. Grant's invitation to dinner with Edmund. - [Chapter Twenty-Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-23) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-23.md)) - Sir Thomas overrules Mrs. Norris so Fanny dines at the Parsonage, where Henry Crawford arrives and Mary Crawford resents Edmund taking orders. - [Chapter Twenty-Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-24) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-24.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty-Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-25) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-25.md)) - Sir Thomas notices Henry Crawford's attentions to Fanny over speculation at the Parsonage, and refuses his plan to rent Thornton Lacey from Edmund. - [Chapter Twenty-Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-26) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-26.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty-Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-27) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-27.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty-Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-28) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-28.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Twenty-Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-29) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-29.md)) - William and Edmund leave Mansfield, and Mary Crawford calls at the Park to question Fanny about Edmund's delayed return and the Miss Owens. - [Chapter Thirty](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-30) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-30.md)) - Henry Crawford tells Mary he is determined to marry Fanny Price, and Mary approves, while Henry plans to rent a house in Northamptonshire. - [Chapter Thirty-One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-31) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-31.md)) - Henry Crawford tells Fanny that Admiral Crawford has had William made a lieutenant, then proposes to her at Mansfield Park, and she refuses him. - [Chapter Thirty-Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-32) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-32.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Thirty-Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-33) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-33.md)) - Henry Crawford persists after Fanny refuses him, Sir Thomas lets him keep calling at Mansfield Park, and Lady Bertram offers Fanny a puppy. - [Chapter Thirty-Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-34) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-34.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Thirty-Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-35) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-35.md)) - Edmund walks with Fanny in the Mansfield shrubbery and urges her to accept Henry Crawford, but Fanny says she cannot approve his character. - [Chapter Thirty-Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-36) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-36.md)) - Mary Crawford takes Fanny to the East room to say goodbye, admits Henry planned the necklace gift, and the Crawfords leave Mansfield for London. - [Chapter Thirty-Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-37) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-37.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Thirty-Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-38) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-38.md)) - Fanny and William reach her parents' cramped Portsmouth house, where Mr. Price barely notices her and William leaves at once for the Thrush. - [Chapter Thirty-Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-39) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-39.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-40) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-40.md)) - Mary Crawford writes to Fanny from London about Mrs. Rushworth, and Fanny buys Betsey a silver knife in Portsmouth and begins guiding Susan. - [Chapter Forty-One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-41) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-41.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-42) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-42.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-43) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-43.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-44) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-44.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-45) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-45.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-46) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-46.md)) - A newspaper report tells Fanny that Maria Rushworth has run off with Mr. Crawford, and Edmund brings her and Susan back to Mansfield Park. - [Chapter Forty-Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-47) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-47.md)) - 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. - [Chapter Forty-Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-48) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mansfield-park/chapter-48.md)) - Edmund gives up Mary Crawford and marries Fanny, Mr. Rushworth divorces Maria, and Mrs. Norris leaves Mansfield to live with Maria. --- ## Forthcoming **The Rise of Lucia** by Dan Edwards The nineteen-year-old Emmeline Smith, before she became the formidable Lucia. A prequel to E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series. [Read an extract](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01.md)) ## Articles - [Writing advice from Jane Austen's teacher](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/writing-advice-from-jane-austens-teacher) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/writing-advice-from-jane-austens-teacher.md)) - Hugh Blair wrote the composition textbook Jane Austen's generation learned from. His rules for clear, unaffected prose read like a modern style guide. - [The sex scenes from Fanny Hill](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/fanny-hill-sex-scenes) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/fanny-hill-sex-scenes.md)) - The eleven substantial sex scenes from Fanny Hill (1748), verbatim and in order. Explicit throughout, but Cleland never uses a coarse word. 14,000 words.