Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
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Published:
27 February, 2003
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'Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion and vanity' Margaret Drabble
Jane Austen's profound, ambiguous third novel is the story of Fanny Price, who is accustomed to being the poor relation at Mansfield Park, the home of her wealthy plantation-owning uncle. She finds comfort in her love for her cousin Edmund, until the arrival of charismatic outsiders from London throws life at the house into disarray and brings dangerous desires to the surface. Mansfield Park is Austen's most complex work; a powerful portrayal of change and continuity, scandalous misdemeanours and true integrity.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kathryn Sutherland
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141439808 |
| ISBN10 | 0141439807 |
| Number Of Pages | 544 |
| Item Weight | 373 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 24 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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"Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values."
—Virginia Woolf
Author's Bio
Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen died in 1817, and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.