This story is wonderfully done, absolutely spot on. I hope you finish it one day as I was quite disappointed with the lack of attention given Fanny and Edmund in the actual novel, and these few chapters were beginning to satisfy very well!

It's good that Edmund is finally seeing Fanny in a different light

oh, this is sooo lovely. i wish there was more of it.

Well, as you well know, I have no room to talk when it comes to updating with any kind of reasonable timeline, so this was a lovely find. (And I stumbled across it late too.) Aw, and thanks for the shout out in the notes; this story is a genuine pleasure to read.

As ever, Edmund seems to be slow on the uptake, but it's clear he's catching on bit by bit. I feel like he is a man who requires desperate/extreme circumstances to crawl out of his own head both to recognize his own feelings and to realize what is happening around him. All in good time.

So wonderful! Edmund/Fanny is my favorite Austen couple, and I always was disappointed we weren't given a glimpse into their romance in the book. Your story is very cannon and believable. You write Edmund so well. I look forward to seeing more of his journey.

Keep up the great work!

Ah, this is charming. I just found your tale and am enjoying your canonical phrasing as well as the exploration of Edmund's character. Like you, I found his falling in love with Fanny to be almost criminally rushed in the original. This is very nice, indeed.

I loved it :) Carefully thought out conversations like between Fanny and Susan in the schoolroom are my favorite parts... can't wait for Edmund to wake up and have some lovely conversations himself. :)

Would love to read more!:)

Excited to see that someone else appreciates Mansfield Park! Yes, I've always been super disappointed that Austen didn't continue on with her wonderful conversations and character development in the completion of what we all were waiting for. Hope to see more soon, I very much enjoyed this chapter.

You are definitely the best fanfiction author I've ever read! This is first-rate writing, great job!

i am so glad you are writing this! i've always been convinced that there would be fewer fanny/henry fans in the world if jane austen had actually shown us the fanny/edmund romance, rather than just saying that it happened. i hope you keep writing!

Cute story, very fine. I like it a lot so far.
You also do a great job i preserving Ms. Austins way of writing.
Looking forward to a nervous Edmund ;)

Yes, I think so, much to my relief. I like these quiet, calm moments you are spanning to show Edmund coming closer and closer to discovering how he will soon come to regard Fanny as a much more than a cousin. Very realistically done.

The way you write their characters and manner of speaking feels so authentic.

I think out of all of Austen's heroes, Edmund was always the one to make me go "God you are just so thick!" It's good to see him gradually picking up on things he was oblivious to before.

I was so excited when I saw this on your profile. The prologue already has me intrigued and you write with such beautiful language. I'm looking forward to seeing how you continue.