Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Palmer
Mrs. Jennings’s cheerful daughter
Mrs. Jennings’s giddy daughter, who laughs at everything and hosts the sisters at Cleveland.
Charlotte Palmer is Mrs. Jennings’s younger daughter and Lady Middleton’s sister. She is incurably cheerful and frivolous, laughing at nearly everything. She is kind-hearted, though utterly silly.
She is married to the ill-tempered Mr. Palmer, who is no match for her high spirits. She is the opposite of her husband, who sighs and reads the paper while she finds everything delightful. She has her mother’s warmth and her mother’s habit of talking about everything, and she seems unable to be sad for long. She is happy to take in houseguests.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Charlotte and Mr. Palmer travel with Elinor and Marianne when they leave London, taking them to their estate at Cleveland. The stay becomes a crisis when Marianne walks in the damp gardens and falls ill.
Charlotte’s warmth and her cheerful household are the setting for the story’s most dangerous moment. She is a cheerful host throughout the journey. Her laughter fills the house.
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