] It also explains Fanny Price's reaction to Henry Crawford, any sensible woman of the Georgian era would have very much reacted the same way. To me it seemed unrealistic when I read it but now I see it in a different light. If a woman was trapped with a dissolute rogue there was no escape for her, especially in Fanny's case who had no money of her own and no family who would have supported her in case of a dramatic failure. It was less self-rightiousness on Fanny's part to act as she did act than simple prudence.