A Contrary Wind

What if Fanny Price, the meek and docile heroine of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, ran away from home? What if Fanny could no longer endure living with the Bertrams? What if she could not bear to watch Edmund fall in love with Mary Crawford?And what if Sir Thomas Bertram did not return home from Antigua to interrupt the rehearsals of 'Lover's Vows'? What if "a steady contrary wind" had held him back in the North Atlantic, as Henry Crawford wished? What might have transpired?A Contrary Wind is a variation on Mansfield Park, in which the heroine, Fanny Price, is given an opportunity to change and grow, to learn and to make mistakes, while Edmund Bertram's fascination with Mary Crawford, and Henry Crawford's efforts to avoid matrimony, lead to completely different outcomes than in Jane Austen's masterpiece.All of the familiar characters from Mansfield Park are included, and many – such as Mrs. Norris and little Betsey Price – help drive the plot. New characters, such as the brusque...