Mansfield Park
Julia Bertram
The younger Bertram daughter
Maria's livelier, younger sister, who competes with her for Henry Crawford's attention. She is quick to take offense and quick to follow a fashion.
Julia Bertram is the younger of the two Bertram sisters, spirited and vain, and always keen to match her sister. She shows off her musical accomplishments, flirts with Henry Crawford, and is not shy about complaining when she is slighted.
She treats Fanny with little regard and is easily led by fashionable excitement. She is quick-tempered and jealous, and her taste for excitement makes her follow the crowd, even when it leads somewhere foolish.
“Maria slipped past with Mr. Crawford, didn't she? Without waiting a single moment for anyone else!”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
At Sotherton she arrives out of breath after waiting for Mr. Rushworth's key, furious that Maria has slipped away with Henry without waiting for anyone else. In the theatricals she refuses to have any part in a play where Maria gets the best role.
Later, she elopes with Mr. Yates to Scotland, which adds to the shame of the Bertram family at the worst moment.
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