Fanny Price

Fanny Price is the heroine in Jane Austen's 1814 novel Mansfield Park. Austen describes Fanny Price as "extremely timid and shy, shrinking from notice", and repeatedly reinforces that Fanny is shy, timid, and afraid of everyone and everything.

Read more about Fanny Price:  Fanny's Arrival At Mansfield Park, The Arrival of The Crawfords, The Impropriety of A Theatre, Henry Crawford and Fanny, A Scandalous Affair, Portrayals, See Also

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