Minor characters in this work include Charlotte Palmer, her in-laws the Middletons, and their gossipy mother Mrs. Jennings.  In its first scene, John's wife Fanny argues for the allowance for her sisters-in-law to be reduced from three thousand pounds to five hundred, forcing them to move to Barton Cottage.  A twist comes when those sisters-in-law learn of the illegitimate child borne to Eliza Williams by a man who attempted to seduce one of them and later weds the widow
Minor characters in this work include Charlotte Palmer, her in-laws the Middletons, and their gossipy mother Mrs. Jennings.  In its first scene, John's wife Fanny argues for the allowance for her sisters-in-law to be reduced from three thousand pounds to five hundred, forcing them to move to Barton Cottage.  A twist comes when those sisters-in-law learn of the illegitimate child borne to Eliza Williams by a man who attempted to seduce one of them and later weds the widowed Sophia Grey to resolve his debts,  John Willoughby.  Williams is the foster daughter of the thirty-five year-old Colonel Brandon, who, like Edward Ferrars, marries a Dashwood sister at the end of, FTP, what first published Jane Austen novel?
Minor characters in this work include Charlotte Palmer, her in-laws the Middletons, and their gossipy mother Mrs. Jennings.  
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