Mansfield Park
'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny' Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent...
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'We have all been more or less to blame ...
every one of us, excepting Fanny'
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtation. As her female cousins vie for Henry's attention, and even Edmund falls for Mary's dazzling charms, only Fanny remains doubtful about the Crawfords' influence and finds herself more isolated than ever. A subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's most profound works.
This edition is based on the first edition of 1814. It includes a new chronology, additional suggestions for further reading and the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141439808 (0141439807)
ASIN: 141439807
Publish date: 2003-04-29
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 507
Edition language: English
"Here's harmony!" said she; "here's repose! Here's what may leave all painting and all music behind, and what poetry only can attempt to describe! Here's what may tranquilize every care, and lift the heart to rapture! When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wicke...
A few years ago, a friend of mine told me that "Mansfield Park" was her least favourite Jane Austen novel, because she thought Fanny Price an annoying, overly prissy, well-behaved and too timid character. Now that I've finally read it, my conclusion is that I don't share her opinion. I thought that ...
*3.5 starsI enjoyed this book, but I wasn't really that invested in the story or the characters. I do enjoy that this book doesn't focus that much on a romance, and that the romance which was in here was good. But this isn't my favorite Jane Austen book.
*3.5 starsI enjoyed this book, but I wasn't really that invested in the story or the characters. I do enjoy that this book doesn't focus that much on a romance, and that the romance which was in here was good. But this isn't my favorite Jane Austen book.
Interesting story. Not sure how I felt about it. It had it's good points and bad ones. Not memorable.
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