Mansfield Park Ch. 6: The Avenue at Sotherton

Summary

Tom goes to the races, and the two families dine together. Mr Rushworth boasts about his friend Smith's improved estate and wonders whether to hire Mr Repton. Mrs Norris argues with Dr Grant about her Moor Park apricot tree. Fanny, who has been listening to Edmund, hears that the old avenue at Sotherton may be cut down and quotes Cowper in protest.

Mary cannot find a horse and cart to move her harp in a hay harvest, and she mocks the idea that anyone cares about the grass. She asks about Fanny's brother in the navy and talks easily of admirals. Henry says he has improved Everingham. Mrs Norris then suggests a trip to Sotherton; Mr Crawford will drive her nieces, and Edmund says nothing.

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Why This Matters

Reading Charm Against Character

Learn to hear what the Crawfords say, and what they do when it costs them something. Tom goes to the races, and the two families dine together.

Watch what someone does when it costs them something, not only what they say they feel.

Coming Up in Chapter 7

Edmund asks Fanny what she makes of Miss Crawford, and the harp arrives at the Parsonage.

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Chapter 06

The Avenue at Sotherton

Mr. Bertram set off for————, and Miss Crawford was prepared to find a great chasm in their society, and to miss him decidedly in the meetings which were now becoming almost daily between the families; and on their all dining together at the Park soon after his going, she retook her chosen place near the bottom of the table, fully expecting to feel a most melancholy difference in the change of masters. It would be a very flat business, she was sure. In comparison with his brother, Edmund would have nothing to say. The soup would be sent round in…

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Practise Reading Charm Against Character

Write six lines on The Avenue at Sotherton: who asked, who paid, and what you would have said. Keep it to this chapter.

Consider:

•The working skill is Reading Charm Against Character.
•Use only beats from this chapter.
•Name a cost, not a slogan.

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