In one scene of this novel, a reading from Sterne's A Sentimental Journey is interpreted as flirtation.
In one scene of this novel, a reading from Sterne's A Sentimental Journey is interpreted as flirtation. The heroine is the only member of the household with the convictions to refuse a role in an immoral play while her uncle, Sir Thomas, is doing business in Antigua. Once her cousins are gone, Henry Crawford falls in love with her, but fails to win her heart by getting her brother promoted, and he proceeds to elope with Maria Rushworth. In the end, she gains the love of Edmund when he gives up on the frivolous Mary Crawford. For ten points, name this novel about Fanny Price's travails in the Bertram household, written by Jane Austen.
In one scene of this novel, a reading from Sterne's A Sentimental Journey is interpreted as flirtation.
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