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Overview"Mansfield Park is the complex and controversial novel starring Fanny Price, the heroine through which the world-renowned author of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility views the social mores of her day and contemplates human nature itself. ""Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values.""—Virginia Woolf Mansfield Park encompasses not only Jane 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. At the novel’s center is Fanny Price, the classic “poor cousin,” brought as a child to Mansfield Park by 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 to us why she was Austen’s own favorite among her heroines." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Austen , Jane AustenPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Vintage Books Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780307386885ISBN 10: 0307386880 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 04 September 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsNever did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values. @lt;br@gt;--Virginia Woolf Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values. <br>--Virginia Woolf Author InformationJANE AUSTEN (1775—1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |