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Study the proposal to bring Fanny Price into the Bertram household in Chapter I of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Mrs Norris promotes the idea but avoids taking responsibility for its cost and accommodation. Compare her account of her own helpfulness with the narrator’s account of what she actually intends. Ask whether a charitable plan can also offer its organiser status, influence or satisfaction.
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