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Well, I keep wanting to shout at people... Written by Mary Skater (9/15/2010 4:43 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, So does JA want her readers to feel pity for Fanny?, penned by Patricia AA

... on Fanny's behalf, since she doesn't speak up for herself. In chapter 1, Mrs N is making a great show of the trouble she will take, getting Fanny from London to Mansfield, but couldn't care less about how a 10-year-old child is to travel the 70 miles from Portsmouth to London. Then when Fanny arrived, anyone with a grain of sense would have given her a light supper and put her straight to bed, not made her run the gauntlet of the whole family.

As a poor relation, there are reasons for Fanny to be timid and humble. But more than any of the other novels, MP keeps making me want to shake people and say, "How would _you_ like to be treated like that...!"

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Fanny's First Real Excursion BarbaraB (9/13/2010 4:20 p.m.)

Fanny's Age BarbaraB (9/13/2010 9:30 p.m.)
- To answer your statement... Cathy Allen (9/13/2010 11:16 p.m.)
  - Poor relation Bridget D (9/15/2010 12:59 a.m.)
No cares about Fanny Patricia AA (9/13/2010 4:38 p.m.)
- She was pretty quiet when she arrived (nfm) Nicki (9/13/2010 4:55 p.m.)
  - She was very quiet, but why? Patricia AA (9/13/2010 5:01 p.m.)
    - Several reasons... jeffrey (9/14/2010 8:18 a.m.)
      - Fanny the cipher   Barb JA (9/14/2010 9:38 a.m.)
        
        So does JA want her readers to feel pity for Fanny?   Patricia AA (9/14/2010 9:56 a.m.)
        
        Well, I keep wanting to shout at people...   Mary Skater (9/15/2010 4:43 p.m.)
        
        Hear hear! (nfm)   Nicki (9/15/2010 4:59 p.m.)
        
        Oh My! Please Don't Shout...   Patricia AA (9/15/2010 4:56 p.m.)
        
        Fanny needs to evolve?   Robbin (9/15/2010 9:47 p.m.)
        
        Fanny & Timidity   Patricia AA (9/16/2010 12:32 a.m.)
        
        Comfortable as a Martyr?   Robbin (9/16/2010 4:50 a.m.)
        
        Fanny as a Victim   Patricia AA (9/16/2010 8:24 a.m.)
        
        Fanny and creepmouse   Bridget D (9/19/2010 4:24 a.m.)
        
        Survivor   Robbin (9/16/2010 8:09 p.m.)
        
        Doormat Fanny   Barb JA (9/17/2010 7:33 a.m.)
        
        I Have My Bone!!!!   Patricia AA (9/19/2010 10:33 a.m.)
        
        LOL!   Barb JA (9/19/2010 2:12 p.m.)
        
        JA always knows best.   Patricia AA (9/17/2010 7:51 p.m.)
        
        It's funny   Barb JA (9/19/2010 8:06 a.m.)
        
        LOL - not even a bone!   Karen G (9/17/2010 9:58 a.m.)
        
        Sympathetic View   Barb JA (9/19/2010 7:53 a.m.)
        
        Oops, should have been a reply to Patricia. nfm   Barb JA (9/17/2010 7:38 a.m.)
        
        Not everyone   Ramya (9/16/2010 11:25 a.m.)
        
        Totally agree   Tori Marie (9/17/2010 11:15 a.m.)
        
        [Jane Austen is] no everyday talent   Stephanie (9/17/2010 7:51 p.m.)
        
        Edmund-I need group help in understanding his character.   Patricia AA (9/17/2010 8:33 p.m.)
        
        Edmund   Bridget D (9/18/2010 3:36 a.m.)
        
        Steady Eddie Falls   Carol (9/17/2010 11:37 p.m.)
        
        intensity of interaction   Karen G (9/19/2010 11:03 p.m.)
        
        Tom - Ever the Gallant (Not !!!)   Patricia AA (9/19/2010 11:35 p.m.)
        
        Meant to Add   Patricia AA (9/19/2010 11:42 p.m.)
        
        Tom's and Edmund's circles   Karen G (9/20/2010 2:19 p.m.)
        
        Yes, this will be revisited in later chapters too (NFM)   jeffrey (9/15/2010 12:33 p.m.)
    - Personality Erica (9/13/2010 5:10 p.m.)
      - Ooh, found an interesting quote   Nicki (9/13/2010 5:35 p.m.)
        
        It would certainly have been unusual for the oldest girl   AnnetteJ (9/14/2010 9:12 a.m.)
        
        Fanny's role and Mrs. N's choice   Tori Marie (9/17/2010 11:36 a.m.)
        
        She knows her place   LauraMarie (9/14/2010 5:09 a.m.)
        
        That's a very good point.   Erica (9/13/2010 5:46 p.m.)
        
        Did JA error in making Fanny So Timid?   Patricia AA (9/13/2010 6:02 p.m.)
        
        I wonder whether it was very deliberate indeed   Tom P2 (9/19/2010 10:35 p.m.)
        
        Interesting thought. nfm   Karen G (9/19/2010 10:54 p.m.)
        
        No error: I believe JA emphasizes Fanny's timidity so...   jeffrey (9/14/2010 8:25 a.m.)
        
        No error.   Rachel G (9/13/2010 6:25 p.m.)
        
        I feel very much with Fanny.   Angela L (9/14/2010 3:36 p.m.)
        
        We'll discuss it later.   Patricia AA (9/13/2010 6:51 p.m.)

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