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Fanny Price
fictional character
Fanny Price, fictional character, a poor relation of timid disposition but strong principles who goes to live with the family of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, her wealthy uncle and aunt, in Jane Austenās novel Mansfield Park (1814). Fanny is befriended by her cousin Edmund, who becomes a clergyman.
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