Mansfield Park Magazine - Jane Austen

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Mansfield Park, first published in 1814, is a unique novel in its moral design, with a heroine Miss Fanny Price, remarkably different from the author’s previous creations. Miss Fanny Price, the eldest daughter of a large improvident family, is brought to live at Mansfield Park by her rich uncle Sir Thomas Bertram, who has business interest in to West Indies. Sir Thomas two sons, Tom and Edmund, and two daughters Maria and Julia. Sir Thomas leaves for the West Indies to look after his business interests there, and his children, indulge in flirtations. Fanny falls in love with her cousin Edmund but he falls for the shallow charms of Mary Crawford, sister of Henry Crawford. Maria, engaged to Mr. Rushworth, is attracted to Henry. But when Maria decides to marry Rushworth, Henry turns his attention to Fanny, falls in love with her, and proposes.

Mansfield Park Magazine Description:

Mansfield Park, first published in 1814, is a unique novel in its moral design, with a heroine Miss Fanny Price, remarkably different from the author’s previous creations. Miss Fanny Price, the eldest daughter of a large improvident family, is brought to live at Mansfield Park by her rich uncle Sir Thomas Bertram, who has business interest in to West Indies. Sir Thomas two sons, Tom and Edmund, and two daughters Maria and Julia. Sir Thomas leaves for the West Indies to look after his business interests there, and his children, indulge in flirtations. Fanny falls in love with her cousin Edmund but he falls for the shallow charms of Mary Crawford, sister of Henry Crawford. Maria, engaged to Mr. Rushworth, is attracted to Henry. But when Maria decides to marry Rushworth, Henry turns his attention to Fanny, falls in love with her, and proposes.