Mansfield Park
A European Literature, Classic Literature, Historical book. Everybody likes to go their own wayto choose their own time...
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighborhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.
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- Pages: 6 pages
- ISBN: 9780786106752 / 786106751
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Everybody likes to go their own wayto choose their own time and manner of devotion. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park // Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park // I understand Crawford paid you a visit?""Yes.""And was he attentive?""Yes, very.""And has your heart changed towards him?""Yes. Several times. I have - I find that I - I find that-""Shh. Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough.... I missed you.""And I you. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park //
Argh! I am very surprised that I was able to finish this book. I found it to be completely tedious. If this had been the first book I had read by Jane Austen, it would have been enough to turn me off from the rest of her works.Fanny was too virtuous a character to be likable. She was dull as powder and entirely too submissive. I would... Mansfield Park is perhaps not the one of Austen's novels which appeals the most to modern sensibilities; after all, reasonably faithful adaptations have been made recently of several of Austen's other novels, while Mansfield Park was changed into something Austen lovers barely recognized. Mansfield Park is the home of Fanny Price, the... This edition of Mansfield Park comes with a great introduction and notes, containing interesting information about the publication of this novel and historical context.I have been a huge Jane Austen fan ever since I first saw P&P and shortly thereafter read the novel, leading to me falling in love with the dignified wit and sass this...
