Return To Mansfield Park

My starting point for ‘Return to Mansfield Park’ was the many questions raised by the ending of ‘Mansfield Park’. What happened to Mary and Henry Crawford, for example? They are both highly eligible, attractive people, with independent fortunes – can they put the Bertrams behind them and carry on with their lives? What about Tom Bertram? He is a reformed character by the end of Austen’s novel, and it would be his duty marry well and bring more money in to the family – so who does Tom marry?Would Fanny and Edmund really be happy together, or would Edmund regret turning Mary Crawford down?'Return to Mansfield Park' starts with the exiling of Maria Bertram Rushworth to the countryside with her Aunt Norris. This is cruel and unusual punishment indeed; will Maria put up with this, or will she attempt to escape?Reader, read on! All will be revealed!