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⌈ Secret Post #2524 ⌋

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Re: Have you ever liked the Romantic False Lead more than the victorious romantic partner

[(Anonymous)]

Henry Crawford for Fanny Price instead of Edmund Bertram, in Mansfield Park.

Edmund is patronising to Fanny, in both the sense of "talks down to her and treats her like someone in need of moral guidance", and the sense of "acts like he's her father". He doesn't respect any of her decisions - he simply expects her to bow to his moral guidance in all things, and just sort of stands around looking disapproving whenever she tries anything new. He's also intensely boring, and doesn't actually appear to be attracted to her at all except as some kind of moral improvement project. Oh, yeah, and he's her cousin.

On the other hand, Henry Crawford is charming and witty. Sure, that doesn't make him a better partner in and of itself, but it shows that he actually goes to some kind of effort to get Fanny to like him. He actually likes her, too. He does stuff. With her! He and his sister Mary hang out with Fanny and go riding and play music and things together. The only thing to be said against him at this point, really, is that he's not very good at showing proper familiar respect and fulfilling familiar obligations, and he doesn't plan to enter any kind of profession (unlike Edmund, who is training for the clergy).

Fanny chooses Edmund, of course, because Mansfield Park is a morality tale, and that's how it goes. Then, near the end of the book, Henry runs off with Edmund's sister (who is married at this point), creating a huge scandal, and conveniently justifying Fanny's decision to marry Edmund instead of Henry. It's mostly the result of values dissonance, but to a modern reader like myself, Henry seems to have suffered a Jacob Black level derailing in order to bring Fanny and Edmund together.