Mansfield Park
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At the center of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park is Fanny Price, the classic “poor cousin” who has been brought to live with the rich Sir Thomas Bertram and his wife as an act of charity. Over time, Fanny comes to demonstrate forcibly those virtues Austen most admired: modesty, firm principles, and a loving heart. As Fanny watches her cousins Maria and Julia cast aside their scruples in dangerous flirtations (and worse), and as she herself resolutely resists the advantages of marriage to the fascinating but morally unsteady Henry Crawford, her seeming austerity grows in appeal and makes clear why she was Austen’s own favorite among her heroines.Mansfield Park encompasses not only Austen’s great comedic gifts and her genius as a historian of the human animal, but her personal credo as well—her faith in a social order that combats chaos through civil grace, decency, and wit. With an introduction by Peter Conrad.
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Austen, Jane Author
Austen, Jane Author
Barber, Frances,1958- narrator., nrt
Drabble, Margaret,1939
Kinsley, James editor., edt
Austen, Jane Author
Barber, Frances,1958- narrator., nrt
Drabble, Margaret,1939
Kinsley, James editor., edt
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9780199535538
9780679412694
9780192510211
9780701112332
9781491535592
9780451531117
9780140430165
9780375757815
9780192547033
9780141920177
9780451526298
9781483088136
9780192815262
9781620116654
9780553212761
9780679412694
9780192510211
9780701112332
9781491535592
9780451531117
9780140430165
9780375757815
9780192547033
9780141920177
9780451526298
9781483088136
9780192815262
9781620116654
9780553212761
UPC
9781491535592
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Adoptees -- Fiction
Children of the rich -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Country homes -- England -- Fiction
Country homes -- Fiction
Cousins -- Fiction
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature
Poor families -- Fiction
Romance
Uncles -- Fiction
Young women -- England -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
Children of the rich -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Country homes -- England -- Fiction
Country homes -- Fiction
Cousins -- Fiction
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature
Poor families -- Fiction
Romance
Uncles -- Fiction
Young women -- England -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
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