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Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
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Description for Mansfield Park
Paperback. 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 her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Num Pages: 544 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 374.
'Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion and vanity' Margaret Drabble
Jane Austen's profound, ambiguous third novel is the story of Fanny Price, who is accustomed to being the poor relation at Mansfield Park, the home of her wealthy plantation-owning uncle. She finds comfort in her love for her cousin Edmund, until the arrival of charismatic outsiders from London throws life at the house into disarray and brings dangerous desires to the surface. Mansfield Park is Austen's most complex work; a powerful portrayal of change and continuity, scandalous misdemeanours and true integrity. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141439808
SKU
V9780141439808
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About Jane Austen
Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed ... Read more
Reviews for Mansfield Park
"Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values." —Virginia Woolf