Mansfield Park (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Austen
- First Published: 1814
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Northamptonshire, England
- Principal Characters: Fanny Price, Sir Thomas Bertram, Lady Bertram, Tom, Edmund, Maria, Julia Bertram, Mrs. Norris, Henry Crawford, Mary Crawford, Mr. Rushworth, Mr. Yates
- 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
The Story:
The three Ward sisters had each fared differently in marriage. One had married a wealthy baronet, one had married a poor lieutenant of the marines, and the last had married a clergyman. The wealthiest of the sisters, Lady Bertram, agreed at the instigation of her clerical sister, Mrs. Norris, to care for one of the unfortunate sister’s nine children. Accordingly, a shy, sensitive, ten-year-old Fanny Price came to make her home at Mansfield Park. Among her four Bertram cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria, and Julia, Fanny found a real friend only in Edmund. The others...
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