Mansfield Park

Penguin Popular Classics

By Jane Austen

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Average Rating: (See all 3 reviews) Format: Paperback, 496 pages, New edition Edition Published In: United Kingdom, 26 May 1994 Quantity Available: 1 24 hour shipping Begun in 1811 at the height of Jane Austen's writing powers and published in 1814, "Mansfield Park" marks a conscious break from the tone of her first three novels, "Northanger Abbey", "Sense and Sensibility", and "Pride and Prejudice", the last of which Austen came to see as 'rather too light.' Fanny Price is unlike any of Austen's previous heroines, a girl from a poor family brought up in a splendid country house and possessed of a vast reserve of moral fortitude and imperturbability. She is very different from Elizabeth Bennet, but is the product of the same inspired imagination. About the Author Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. She is also the author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey. Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN: 0140620664 EAN: 9780140620665 Dimensions: 18.0 x 110.0 x 1.0 centimeters

Mansfield Park is rarely thought of when Austen is mentioned. It tends to be eclipsed by those with strong heroines - Lizzie Bennett and Emma - however, the struggle of Fanny Price is one not to be forgotten.

This compelling novel is of a girl who knows her heart but is too afraid to speak it. In fact, she is normally too afraid to speak at all! However, she grows and is wholly likeable throughout the novel - the reader is completely caught in her plight.

Definately reccommed!

'Mansfield Park' is perhaps the most under-rated of all Austen's novel and is deserves to be so much more than that. It is a brilliant novel that never fails to engage the reader but needs to be re-read, again and again, to catch all the nuances that Austen has layered into this tale. As always, it is Austen's understanding of human nature that brings such realism and warmth to her story.

Another Jane Austen masterpiece, I have to admit that, the first time I read it, it was my least favourite Austen novel. Over time, and rereadings, it has grown on me to the point where I would consider it my favourite.

It's heroine, Fanny, is not like the other Austen leading ladies. At first glance she appears spineless and sappy - but as the book goes through you realise that she is, in fact, the most perpicacious and courageous of the women in the book. A supporting cast of some odd but loveable minor characters, as well as the nosey Mrs. Norris (ever wondered where J.K. Rowling got the name for Filch's cat? Well, here it is!), make for a delightful book.

Read it. Then read it again. You will love it.