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Mansfield Park

By Jane Austen , June Sturrock

Book information

Publisher
Broadview Press
Year
2001
ISBN
1-55111-098-9, 9781551110981
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2324911 bytes)
Series
Broadview Literary Texts
Pages
528\522
Time added
2018-02-18 10:30:00

Description

Mansfield Park is Austen’s darkest, and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and desires. Fanny comes to live at Mansfield Park, the home of the wealthy Bertram family, and of Fanny’s aunt, Lady Bertram. Though the family impresses upon Fanny her inferior status, she finds a friend in Edmund, the younger brother. Mansfield Park explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams’ wealth), the oppressive nature of idealized femininity, and women’s education. This edition sheds light on these and other issues through its insightful introduction and wide-ranging appendices of contemporary documents.

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