Mansfield Park
Mrs. Grant
The parsonage mistress
The warm, hospitable wife of the Mansfield rector, and half-sister to Mary and Henry Crawford. She likes to see her family happily settled.
Mrs. Grant is the cheerful mistress of the Mansfield Parsonage and the half-sister of Henry and Mary Crawford. She is good-natured, fond of good meals and happy to see her siblings well settled in the country.
She welcomes the Crawfords with open arms, hoping to bring a little London spirit to a quiet place. She is a kind neighbor to Fanny. Her dinners and parties give the young people of Mansfield a place to mix, and she is generous with company and with kindness.
“Dearest Mary! Henry! Welcome to Mansfield!”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Mrs. Grant greets Mary and Henry when they arrive at the Parsonage, and her house becomes a center of the social life that so draws the Bertram young people.
She is a warm and sociable presence, and her hospitality brings the families together. Her part in the story is mainly as the gentle host and as the family connection for the Crawfords.
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