Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
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Mansfield Park

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Johanna Ward

Unabridged: 16 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2008


Synopsis

Fanny Price, a poor relation of the rich Bertrams, is reluctantly adopted into the family to be brought up at Mansfield Park, where she is condescendingly treated. Only her cousin Edmund, a young clergyman, appreciates her fine qualities. Fanny soon falls in love with him, but Edmund is, unfortunately, drawn to the shallow and worldly Mary Crawford. Fannys quiet humility, steadfast loyalty, and natural goodness are matched against the wit and brilliance of her lovely rival. The tension is heightened when Henry Crawford, Marys equally sophisticated and flirtatious brother, takes an interest in Fanny. Jane Austens subtle, satiric novel skillfully uses her characters emotional relationships to explore the social and moral values by which they attempt to order their lives.

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