Mary musgrove persuasion books

Mary is just as snobby as her sister elizabeth and her father sir walter, but she has fewer opportunities to show her snobbery in public. Mary feels the musgroves proximity to be a threat, their bodily presence capable. Even if you dont remember all that much about pretty louisa musgrove in persuasion, you. The picture is by niroot puttapipat from the folio society edition.

Mary musgrove family home persuasion mary s home is an odd thing. She is the youngest child of charles musgrove, esq. Mary elliot musgrove the youngest elliot sister, mary is married to charles. Persuasion is a book that is interested in peoples indebtedness to books, in. Austen describes the marriage of charles and mary musgrove as reasonably happy. She is high strung, often hysterical, and always aware of the imagined slights others have done to her. The character of mary elliot musgrove in persuasion from. Character profile for mary musgrove from persuasion page 1. But they live in a farmhouse that was converted to be their home. Persuasion opens with sir walter poring over the baronetage. Persuasion, volume 1, chapter 7 todays quote is from my lovely 2007 jane austen calendar from jasna. Charles is goodnatured enough to put up with marys moods, though he wastes his time on sport. Mary is the youngest elliot daughter and married to charles musgrove with two children.

First, let me say that im delighted to see so much interest in mary musgrove and in whining. A rather inattentive mother, mary focuses on social climbing. She has two other siblings, charles, the heir to the estate. And yet, jane austen has mary being quite well and cheerful at the end of the book, so i couldnt depart too far from that. Anne is to stay at her sister marys at uppercross for a long visit.

There is in fact no whiner in austens novels to compare with mary. Certainly the idea of persuasion runs through the book, with vignettes within the story as variations on that theme. When mary does not want charles to go to dinner at his parents, leaving her with little charles, who has just fallen and dislocated his collar bone. However, benwicks undue passion for books is mocked by mary musgrove ch 14 vol. Mary musgrove the youngest daughter of sir walter, married to charles musgrove, is attentionseeking.

Persuasion tells the story of anne elliot and captain frederick wentworth. Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by jane austen. Mary musgroves character was created for persuasion, i think, because the. Perhaps in persuasion, this novel of regrets, she may have lost. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. Petulant and selfabsorbed, she often imagines herself sick or slighted, and she is a rather irresponsible mother. Mary elliot musgrove the youngest elliot sister, mary is married to charles musgrove and has two small boys. While sir walter has people around him who quite understand what it means to be connected to the dalrymples, mary is a lone voice of elitism among the musgroves. Henrietta hayter nee musgrove is a minor character in persuasion. Charles is much better with the children, but marys interference makes them unmanageable.

While she is not as vain and unjust to annes merits as elizabeth, she does possess a strong dose of elliot pride. So give their two backgrounds, it should be quite elegant if smaller. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. I am sure, anne, if you would, you might persuade him that i really am very ill a great deal worse than i ever own.