num_pages: 427
description: Beginning with its sharply satiric opening sentence, Mansfield Park deals with money and marriage, and how strongly they affect each other. Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation." Sent to live with her wealthy uncle Thomas, she clashes with his spoiled, selfish daughters and falls in love with his son. Their lives are further complicated by the arrival of a pair of witty, sophisticated Londoners, whose flair for flirtation collides with the quiet, conservative country ways of Mansfield Park.Written a decade after her previous novel, Mansfield Park retains Austen’s familiar compassion and humor but offers a far more complex exploration of moral choices and their emotional consequences.
language: English
title: Mansfield Park
titlecomplete: Mansfield Park
characters: Mr. Rushworth, William Price, Edmund Bertram, Mary Crawford, Mrs. Norris, Tom Bertram, Mr. Yates, Julia Bertram, Maria Bertram, Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), Lady Bertram, Sir Thomas Bertram, Henry Crawford
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 338774
places: Northamptonshire, England, England, United Kingdom, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics