Mansfield Park
By: Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Kathryn Sutherland.
Contributors: Sutherland, Kathryn.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Young women -- Fiction; Children of the rich -- Fiction; Country homes -- Fiction; Adoptees -- Fiction; Cousins -- Fiction; Uncles -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "'Mansfield Park' is Jane Austen's most sustained examination of family life, and while it echoes and extends the themes of 'Pride and Prejudice, ' it is more serious in both tone and intent." "'Mansfield Park' is named for the magnificent, idyllic estate, that is home to the wealthy Bertram family and a powerful symbol of English tradition and stability. The novel's heroine, Fanny Price, is a 'poor relation' living with the Bertrams, acutely conscious of her inferior status and yet daring to love their son Edmund -- from afar ..."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxvi-[xxxix]).