Who Is Mary Musgrove (Mary Elliot)?
Anne's complaining youngest sister
Mary Musgrove is Anne's younger sister and the third daughter of the Elliot family. She is married to Charles Musgrove, heir to the leading landowning family of Uppercross, and they have two little boys.
She is quick to claim she is unwell and send for Anne, but once Anne arrives she perks up and pours out complaints about her husband and his family. As a baronet's daughter, she insists on her proper place and rank, which keeps causing small quarrels with her in-laws. She is also the one who innocently repeats to Anne exactly what Captain Wentworth said about her.
She is self-centered and noisy, yet hard to dislike, and she brings much of the comedy to the story.
Episodes featuring this character3
NEWEpisode 3
Every Night, They Praise the Man I LeftPersuasion (Jane Austen)
Her family leaves her behind because "no one will miss Anne if she stays." So Anne goes to her sister's house three miles away, where everyone soon treats her as the one person who'll listen to their complaints. But in that house, the name of the man she gave up eight years ago starts coming up every night, and always as praise.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 4
Her Ex's Verdict: "I Wouldn't Know Her"Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Her nephew's injury gives Anne an excuse to stay home and avoid one evening. The next morning, she suddenly comes face to face with the man she refused to marry eight years ago. All they share is a bow and a few minutes in the same room. Then her sister mentions, almost in passing, that he said Anne was "so changed he wouldn't have known her," and the words cut deep.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 5
I Overheard My Ex Through the HedgePersuasion (Jane Austen)
Anne finds herself alone in the nursery with the man she was persuaded to reject eight years ago. Days later, on a long autumn walk, she overhears his voice from behind a hedgerow, condemning people who change their hearts because others tell them to.
19 pages