Mrs. Price, a character in JA's "Mansfield Park", is sister to Lady Bertram and Mrs. Norris. Her daughter Fanny lives at Mansfield Park, and her son William is an officer in the Royal Navy.
2. Miss Eleanor Tilney
Answer: Northanger Abbey
Miss Tilney, a character in JA's "Northanger Abbey", is sister to Mr. Tilney and Captain Tilney. Her father is the dictatorial if not murderous General Tilney. She is Catherine Morland's friend and future sister-in-law.
3. Mrs. Mary Musgrove
Answer: Uppercross Cottage
Mary, a character in JA's "Persuasion", is sister to Elizabeth and Anne Elliot. Her father is Sir Walter Elliot. She is married to Charles Musgrove (who once proposed to Anne). Her in-laws live at the Great House at Uppercross.
4. Mrs. Fanny Dashwood
Answer: Norland Park
Fanny, a character in JA's "Sense and Sensibility", is sister-in-law to Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret Dashwood. She is married to their half-brother, John. It is Fanny who convinces her husband that his stepmother and half-sisters should receive no money from the deceased Mr. Dashwood's estate.
5. Mr. Willoughby
Answer: Combe Magna
Mr. Willoughby, a character in JA's "Sense and Sensibility", is a true rake, but he does fall in love with Marianne Dashwood. He seduces Colonel Brandon's ward, breaks Marianne's heart, and marries an heiress for her money. However, when Marianne is ill at Cleveland, Willoughby makes a surprise visit, almost convincing Elinor that he is not as black a villain as she had supposed.
6. Lady Catherine De Bourgh
Answer: Rosings Park
Lady Catherine, a character in JA's "Pride and Prejudice", is Mr. Darcy's aunt and Mr. Collins's patron. Mr. Collins looks upon her as the queen of condescension.
7. Mr. Edward Gardiner
Answer: Gracechurch Street, London
Mr. Gardiner, a character in JA's "Pride and Prejudice", is Mrs. Bennet's brother. He is the opposite of his sister: helpful, cool-headed, caring, diligent, and gentlemanly. It is he who houses the disgraced Lydia Bennet (his niece) after she shacks up with Mr. Wickham in London and before she finally marries her lover.
8. Mr. Robert Martin
Answer: Abbey-Mill Farm
Mr. Martin, a gentleman farmer in JA's "Emma", proposes to Emma Woodhouse's little protege, Harriet Smith. Since Emma considers him an inappropriate husband for any friend of hers, she convinces Harriet to turn him down. Luckily, near the end of the novel, he proposes to Harriet again, and she accepts him this time.
9. Mrs. Smith
Answer: Westgate Buildings, Bath
In JA's "Persuasion", an old school friend of Anne Elliot's, Mrs. Smith, has fallen upon hard times. She is a disabled, impecunious widow. It turns out that Anne's cousin Mr. Elliot had a hand in ruining Mr. Smith before he died.
10. Admiral Croft
Answer: Kellynch Hall
In JA's "Persuasion", Admiral Croft is Captain Wentworth's brother-in-law. After Sir Walter Elliot squanders much of his fortune, he is forced to rent out his ancestral home and move to Bath. Admiral and Mrs. Croft turn out to be fabulous tenants. They are one of the select few older couples in JA's novels who seem to have perfect marriages.
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