num_pages: 474
description: 'there certainly are not many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them'Mansfield Park is a study of three families--the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices--with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, as its centre. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty, and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are among qualities whose true worth is not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose influence are felt by everyone. Jane Austen uses Fanny's emotional involvement with the people around her to explore the social and moral values by which she and they try to order their lives.
language: English
title: Mansfield Park
titlecomplete: Mansfield Park
characters: Mr. Rushworth, Tom Bertram, Sir Thomas Bertram, Edmund Bertram, Mary Crawford, Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), Julia Bertram, Mrs. Norris, Lady Bertram, William Price, Maria Bertram, Henry Crawford, Mr. Yates
genres: Romance, Literature, British Literature, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Audiobook, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 338873
places: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Northamptonshire, England, England
publisher: Oxford University Press