Mansfield Park (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Austen
- First Published: 1814
- Type of Work: Novel of Manners
- Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Values, Family or family life, Class conflict, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Marriage, Religion, Manners or customs, Social life, England or English people, Punishment, Adoption or adopted children, Ethics, Sick persons, Wealth
- Locales: Portsmouth, England, Northamptonshire, England
Of central interest are Fanny Price and her clergyman cousin, Edmund Bertram. At the age of nine Fanny had come to live with her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, and his family at Mansfield Park. Nine years later she has fallen in love with Edmund. He, however, loves Mary Crawford. Meanwhile Fanny is pursued, first jestingly and then earnestly, by Mary’s brother, Henry.
Fanny recognizes that Henry and Mary are morally flawed. Her judgment is vindicated when Henry runs off with Marie Bertram after she has married Rushworth. Mary’s refusal to condemn her brother reveals to Edmund...
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