Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is Jane Austens most dramatic novel, centering on the smart and spirited Fanny Price, who was Austens own favourite among all her legendary heroines. At the age of ten, Fanny is sent to live with her wealthy cousins at their estate. At first a meek outsider, Fanny grows into a...
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Mansfield Park is Jane Austens most dramatic novel, centering on the smart and spirited Fanny Price, who was Austens own favourite among all her legendary heroines. At the age of ten, Fanny is sent to live with her wealthy cousins at their estate. At first a meek outsider, Fanny grows into a beautiful woman with great strength of character and intelligence. But her values are severely tested when the arrival of the sophisticated brother and sister duo from London, Henry and Mary Crawford, throws Mansfield Park into a passionate upheaval.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786885244 (0786885246)
Publish date: November 3rd 1999
Publisher: Miramax Books
Pages no: 432
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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