Mansfield Park
By: Jane Austen ; edited by James Kinsley ; with an introduction and notes by Jane Stabler.
Contributors: Kinsley, James.
Edition: New ed.
Series: Oxford world's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Young women -- Fiction; Children of the rich -- Fiction; Country homes -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Adoptees -- Fiction; Cousins -- Fiction; Uncles -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: At the age of 10, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, at Mansfield Park. There she accepts her lowly status. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund. When the dazzling and sophisticated Henry and Mary Crawford arrive, Fanny watches as her cousins become embroiled in rivalry and jealousy. She struggles to retain her independence in the face of the Crawfords' dangerous attractions. When Henry turns his attentions to her, the drama really begins.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xxxviii]-xliii.